Tibet: Human Rights

David Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent representations her Department has made to the government of the People's Republic of China on human rights in Tibet.

Ian McCartney: We regularly raise our concerns on human rights in Tibet with the Chinese government. We did this most recently at the 15(th) round of the UK-China Human Rights Dialogue, which took place in London on 5 February 2007 which I participated in.

Treaties: Proliferation

Katy Clark: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what her Department's interpretation is of the phrase 'at an early date' in Article 6 of the Treaty on the non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.

Kim Howells: Article VI requires Parties to the Treaty to
	"pursue negotiations in good faith on effective measures relating to the cessation of the nuclear arms race at an early date...".
	While it is not possible to define precisely the timescale implied by the phrase "at an early date", we would note with regard to the cessation of the nuclear arms race that, since the end of the Cold War, the world's major nuclear arsenals have been significantly reduced.
	The UK maintains only a minimum nuclear deterrent. Following the implementation of our December 2006 White Paper on the Future of the UK Nuclear Deterrent, we will have reduced our nuclear arsenal to 160 operationally available warheads: a reduction of 75 per cent. since the end of the Cold War. The largest nuclear stockpiles, those of the US and Russia, also continue to reduce significantly, for example under the terms of the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty.
	We will continue to press for multilateral negotiations toward mutual, balanced and verifiable reductions in nuclear weapons and to work towards total elimination of our own nuclear arsenal and all others.

Departments: Mass Media

Mark Hoban: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will place in the Library copies of his Department's evaluations of media coverage sinceMay 2005.

John Healey: The Treasury has conducted no evaluations of media coverage since May 2005.

Departments: Publications

Mark Hoban: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's staff handbook.

John Healey: The Treasury's Staff Handbook is published on the Department's intranet and is designed as an electronic document to facilitate regular updating. It is not available in hard copy because of the practical difficulties of keeping the information up to date.

Foreign Investment in UK

Stephen Crabb: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of foreign direct investment into the UK in each year since 2000 was as a result of foreign takeovers of UK companies.

John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
	 Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 22 February 2007:
	As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking what percentage of foreign direct investment into the UK in each year since 2000 was as a result of foreign takeovers of UK companies. (121948)
	
		
			  Percentage of foreign direct investment into the UK as a result of foreign takeovers of UK companies, 2000-05 
			  £ billion 
			   Total foreign direct investment in the UK  Net foreign direct investment in UK equity capital  Per cent. of inward direct investment  Net inward mergers and acquisitions of UK companies  Per cent. of inward direct investment 
			 2000 81 58.2 72 60 74 
			 2001 37 20.2 54 20 53 
			 2002 17 11.1 66 9 53 
			 2003 17 4.1 24 6 34 
			 2004 42 23.8 56 24 58 
			 2005 108 84.0 78 42 39 
			  Source: ONS 
		
	
	Total foreign direct investment is published quarterly in the UK Balance of Payments First Release as is net foreign direct investment in UK equity capital. Net inward mergers and acquisitions is published in the quarterly Mergers and Acquisitions First Release.
	Net foreign direct investment in UK equity capital comprises purchases less sales of equity capital greater than 10 per cent of a company's ordinary shares. Mergers and acquisitions comprise purchases less sales of equity capital where total share ownership becomes more or less than 50 per cent. of a company's ordinary shares.
	Figures in the table above have been rounded to the nearest whole number.

Life Expectancy

David Laws: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the 10  (a) local authorities and  (b) local authority wards with the (i) highest and (ii) lowest life expectancies in the United Kingdom for (A) the latest year for which information is available and (B) 1996-97.

John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
	 Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 22 February 2007:
	As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking for a list of the 10 (a) local authorities and (b) local authority wards with the (i) highest and (ii) lowest life expectancies in the United Kingdom, for (A) the latest year for which information is available and (B) 1996-97. (121846)
	Life expectancy figures for local authorities are calculated as three year rolling averages. Tables 1 and 2 (which I am placing in the House of Commons Library), provide the period life expectancy at birth, for males and females separately, in the 10 local authorities with the (i) highest and (ii) lowest life expectancies in the United Kingdom in (A) 2003-05 (the latest period available) and (B) 1995-97.
	Life expectancy figures for local authority wards are available in England and Wales only, as a five year average. Table 3 (which I am also placing in the House of Commons Library) provides the period life expectancy at birth in the 10 wards with the (i) highest and (ii) lowest life expectancies in England and Wales in 1999-2003 (the only period available). The figures are for all persons, as some wards are too small for the calculation of life expectancies for males and females separately.
	The figures for local authority wards are experimental statistics—that is, statistics which are in a testing or consultation phase and are not fully developed—and should therefore be treated with caution.
	
		
			  Table 1: Local authorities with the highest and lowest period life expectancy at birth( 1, 2)  United Kingdom, 2003-05( 3) 
			  Years of life 
			   Male  Female 
			  Rank order  Local authority  Life expectancy  95 per cent. confidence interval( 4)  Local authority  Life expectancy  95 per cent. confidence interval( 4) 
			   Highest life expectancy  
			 1 Kensington and Chelsea 82.2 (81.6-82.8) Kensington and Chelsea 86.2 (85.6-86.7) 
			 2 East Dorset 80.9 (80.1-81.6) Epsom and Ewell 84.5 (83.9-85.2) 
			 3 Hart 80.2 (79.5-80.8) East Dorset 84.1 (83.5-84.8) 
			 4 Uttlesford 80.0 (79.3-80.8) South Cambridgeshire 83.9 (83.4-84.5) 
			 5 Wokingham 80.0 (79.5-80.5) Rutland 83.8 (82.8-84.8) 
			 6 South Norfolk 80.0 (79.4-80.6) Purbeck 83.7 (82.8-84.6) 
			 7 Chiltern 80.0 (79.3-80.7) Guildford 83.6 (83.1-84.2) 
			 8 Horsham 79.9 (79.3-80.4) New Forest 83.6 (83.1-84.0) 
			 9 Brentwood 79.8 (79.0-80.6) North Dorset 83.5 (82.7-84.2) 
			 10 Crawley 79.8 (79.0-80.5) Horsham 83.4 (82.9-84.0) 
			   Lowest life expectancy  
			 423 Clackmannanshire 73.2 (72.1-74.3) Manchester 78.3 (77.9-78.7) 
			 424 Blackpool 73.2 (72.5-73.8) Hartlepool 78.3 (77.6-79.0) 
			 425 Dundee City 73.0 (72.3-73.6) Halton 78.3 (77.7-78.8) 
			 426 North Lanarkshire 72.7 (72.3-73.1) Renfrewshire 78.2 (77.7-78.7) 
			 427 Renfrewshire 72.6 (72.1-73.2) Liverpool 78.1 (77.8-78.4) 
			 428 Manchester 72.5 (72.1-72.8) East Ayrshire 78.0 (77.4-78.5) 
			 429 Comhairle nan Eilean siar 72.1 (70.6-73.5) Inverclyde 77.9 (77.1-78.6) 
			 430 Inverclyde 71.1 (70.2-71.9) North Lanarkshire 77.6 (77.3-78.0) 
			 431 West Dunbartonshire 71.0 (70.1-71.8) West Dunbartonshire 77.5 (76.9-78.2) 
			 432 Glasgow City 69.9 (69.7-70.2) Glasgow City 76.7 (76.4-77.0) 
			 (1) Period life expectancy at birth is an estimate of the average number of years a newborn baby would survive if he or she experienced the area's age-specific mortality rates for that time period throughout his or her life. The figure reflects mortality among those living in the area in each time period, rather than mortality among those born in each area. It is not therefore the number of years a baby born in the area in each time period could actually expect to live, both because the death rates of the area are likely to change in the future and because many of those born in the area will live elsewhere for at least some part of their lives. (2) Using local authority boundaries as of 2005. (3) Three year rolling averages, based on deaths registered in each year and mid-year population estimates. (4) Confidence intervals are a measure of the statistical precision of an estimate and show the range of uncertainty around the estimated figure. Calculations based on small numbers of events are often subject to random fluctuations. As a general rule, if the confidence interval around one figure overlaps with the interval around another, we cannot say with certainty that there is more than a chance difference between the two figures. 
		
	
	
		
			  Table 2: Local authorities with the highest and lowest period life expectancy at birth( 1, 2)  United Kingdom, 1995-97( 3) 
			  Years of life 
			   Male  Female 
			  Rank order  Local authority  Life expectancy  95 per cent. confidence interval( 4)  Local authority  Life expectancy  95 per cent. confidence interval( 4) 
			   Highest life expectancy  
			 1 Chiltern 78.2 (77.5-78.9) East Dorset 83.2 (82.5-83.9) 
			 2 Wokingham 77.8 (77.3-78.3) East Devon 82.5 (82.0-83.0) 
			 3 East Dorset 77.8 (77.1-78.6) Epsom and Ewell 82.3 (81.5-83.0) 
			 4 Ryedale 77.8 (76.9-78.7) Three Rivers 82.2 (81.5-82.9) 
			 5 South Oxfordshire 77.6 (77.0-78.2) Christchurch 82.1 (81.1-83.1) 
			 6 South Norfolk 77.5 (76.8-78.1) North Dorset 81.9 (81.1-82.8) 
			 7 Vale of the White Horse 77.5 (76.9-78.1) Chelmsford 81.9 (81.4-82.4) 
			 8 Fareham 77.4 (76.8-78.0) Guildford 81.9 (81.3-82.4) 
			 9 West Somerset 77.4 (76.2-78.5) West Somerset 81.8 (80.6-82.9) 
			 10 Guildford 77.3 (76.7-77.9) Horsham 81.8 (81.2-82.3) 
			
			   Lowest life expectancy  
			 423 Knowsley 71.5 (71.0-72.1) Easington 77.1 (76.5-77.8) 
			 424 Tower Hamlets 71.3 (70.7-71.8) West Lothian 77.1 (76.5-77.6) 
			 425 Merthyr Tydfil 71.2 (70.2-72.1) Halton 77.0 (76.4-77.7) 
			 426 Liverpool 71.2 (70.9-71.5) Liverpool 76.9 (76.6-7.2) 
			 427 North Lanarkshire 71.1 (70.7-71.5) Manchester 76.9 (76.5-77.2) 
			 428 Comhairle nan Eilean siar 70.4 (69.0-71.8) Inverclyde 76.7 (76.0-77.4) 
			 429 Manchester 70.1 (69.8-70.5) Merthyr Tydfil 76.6 (75.8-77.5) 
			 430 West Dunbartonshire 69.3 (68.5-70.1) West Dunbartonshire 76.4 (75.7-77.1) 
			 431 Inverclyde 69.2 (68.5-69.9) North Lanarkshire 76.2 (75.9-76.6 ) 
			 432 Glasgow City 68.2 (67.9-68.5) Glasgow City 75.4 (75.1-75.7 ) 
			 (1) Period life expectancy at birth is an estimate of the average number of years a newborn baby would survive if he or she experienced the area's age-specific mortality rates for that time period throughout his or her life. The figure reflects mortality among those living in the area in each time period, rather than mortality among those born in each area. It is not therefore the number of years a baby born in the area in each time period could actually expect to live, both because the death rates of the area are likely to change in the future and because many of those born in the area will live elsewhere for at least some part of their lives. (2) Using local authority boundaries as of 2005. (3) Three year rolling averages, based on deaths registered in each year and mid-year population estimates. (4) Confidence intervals are a measure of the statistical precision of an estimate and show the range of uncertainty around the estimated figure. Calculations based on small numbers of events are often subject to random fluctuations. As a general rule, if the confidence interval around one figure overlaps with the interval around another, we cannot say with certainty that there is more than a chance difference between the two figures. 
		
	
	
		
			  Table 3: Local authority wards with the highest and lowest period life expectancy at birth( 1, 2)  all persons, England and Wales, 1999-2003( 3) 
			  Years of life 
			  Rank order  Local authority  2001 Census standard table ward  Life expectancy  95 per cent. confidence interval( 4)  Communal establishment indicator( 5) 
			   Highest life expectancy 
			 1 St. Edmundsbury Moreton Hall 93.4 (90.0-96.9 ) 0 
			 2 Eden Grey stoke 91.3 (87.7-94.9 ) 0 
			 3 South Oxfordshire Didcot Ladygrove 90.3 (86.7-93.9) 0 
			 4 Harborough Broughton Astley-Broughton 90.1 (84.9-95.3) 0 
			 5 North Dorset Shaftesbury Underhill 89.1 (86.2-92.1) 2 
			 6 Dartford Castle 89.0 (81.5-96.6) 0 
			 7 Basingstoke and Deane Hatch Warren and Beggarwood 88.8 (85.1-92.4) 0 
			 8 Uttlesford Littlebury 88.7 (85.2-92.2) 0 
			 9 Warwick Leek Wootton 88.3 (85.9-90.7) 0 
			 10 Cotswold Rissingtons 87.9 (84.6-91.1) 0 
			   
			   Lowest life expectancy 
			 8788 Liverpool Vauxhall 70.3 (68.8-71.8) 3 
			 8789 Stockton-on-Tees Portrack and Tilery 70.2 (68.5-72.0) 5 
			 8790 Tendring Pier 70.1 (68.0-72.2) 5 
			 8791 Manchester Beswick and Clayton 70.1 (68.7-71.4) 4 
			 8792 Manchester Ardwick 70.0 (68.6-71.5) 4 
			 8793 Liverpool Everton 69.8 (68.3-71.3) 0 
			 8794 Rochdale Central and Falinge 69.4 (68.0-70.8) 3 
			 8795 Middlesbrough Middlehaven 67.8 (65.5-70.1) 0 
			 8796 Denbighshire Rhyl West 66.8 (64.5-69.1) 3 
			 8797 Broxbourne Rooksdown 65.4 (61.3-69.5) 5 
			 (1) Period life expectancy at birth is an estimate of the average number of years a newborn baby would survive if he or she experienced the area's age-specific mortality rates for that time period throughout his or her life. The figure reflects mortality among those living in the area in each time period, rather than mortality among those born in each area. It is not therefore the number of years a baby born in the area in each time period could actually expect to live, both because the death rates of the area are likely to change in the future and because many of those born in the area will live elsewhere for at least some part of their lives. (2) Using boundaries as of 2005. (3) Five year averages, based on deaths registered in each year, and experimental ward population estimates based on the 2001 Census. (4) Confidence intervals are a measure of the statistical precision of an estimate and show the range of uncertainty around the estimated figure. Calculations based on small numbers of events are often subject to random fluctuations. As a general rule, if the confidence interval around one figure overlaps with the interval around another, we cannot say with certainty that there is more than a chance difference between the two figures. (5) The presence of medical and care communal establishments, such as nursing homes and hospices, can artificially depress the average life expectancy of the ward in which they are located. To aid interpretation of the figures, this indicator shows the proportion of the population of each ward, aged 65 and over, who were resident in such establishments in 2001. For this purpose, all wards in England and Wales (not only the wards in these Boroughs) were divided into six groups which are numbered from 0 to 5: '0' means that none of the over-65 population lived in medical and care communal establishments; '1' means that the proportion of the over-65 population in such establishments was in the lowest fifth of all wards; '5' means that the proportion of the over-65 population in such establishments was in the highest fifth of all wards.

Revenue and Customs: Accrington

Greg Pope: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will take steps to ensure that no staff at Accrington HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) Office are moved to any other HMRC office prior to the completion of the review of the Office scheduled to take place in the summer.

Dawn Primarolo: I can assure my hon. Friend that no staff in the Accrington HMRC office will be required to move before the review of the Preston/Blackpool urban centre, which includes Accrington, is completed. There may of course be circumstances where staff will themselves choose to move for personal or career reasons.

Tax Statistics

Mark Francois: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of tax paid by each income decile group in each year since 1997-98.

John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
	 Letter from Colin Mowl, dated 22 February 2007:
	The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent question asking what estimate has been made of the total taxation paid by each income decile group in each year since 1997-98. I am replying in her absence. (115525).
	Estimates of tax paid by each household income decile group are based on the ONS analysis 'The effects of taxes and benefits on household income'. The latest analysis for 2004/05 was published on the National Statistics website on 12th May 2006 at http://www.statistics.gov.uk/taxesbenefits. The analysis is based on data from the Expenditure and Food Survey (EFS), which is a sample survey covering approximately 7,000 households in the UK.
	The table below shows the average tax paid by households in each income decile group, both in per year, and as a percentage of gross household income. They have been calculated from the numbers appearing each year in Table 14 of the taxes and benefits analysis. Data has been provided back to 1997/98.
	Gross income includes income from wages, occupational pensions, self-employment income, investment income, and income from state benefits, all before tax. Direct taxes include income tax, national insurance contributions and council tax. The indirect taxes include VAT, duties, and a number of smaller items such as television licences. Indirect taxes also include intermediate taxes - these are indirect taxes paid by companies which are deemed to be passed onto households through the prices they pay for goods and services. A more detailed breakdown showing each of the different taxes appears in the annual article.
	There was a change in the way the figures were compiled in 2002/03 which will effect the estimated tax burden. Up until 2001/02, charges for water, environmental and sewage services were treated as local taxes, whereas from 2002/03 onwards they were excluded. The local tax category now just includes council tax and Northern Ireland rates, and in the annual article it is labelled as such. Based on figures for 2001/02, the effect of this definitional change is to reduce average household payment of local taxes/council tax from 3.0% of gross income to 2.2%. This obviously reduces the overall estimate of total tax as a percentage of gross income by 0.8%.
	There was also a change to the way that tax credits were treated from 2003/04 onwards. Up until 2002/03 tax credits were treated as cash benefits. From 2003/04, they are classified as negative income tax, but only to the extent that income tax less tax credits, remains greater than or equal to zero for each family. So for households paying relatively little or no income tax, tax credit payments were still regarded either partially or wholly, as cash benefits. Based on figures for 2003/04, the effect of this change is to reduce the estimate of total tax as a percentage of gross income for all households by 0.3%.
	The tax burden, when expressed as a proportion of gross income appears particularly high for the bottom income decile, although this result needs to be interpreted carefully. The apparently high tax burden is due to payment of indirect rather than direct taxes. Estimates of indirect taxes are imputed based on household expenditure. It should be remembered that measured expenditure will not necessarily balance with measured income for the year. This is especially true for the bottom income decile where average measured income is significantly lower than average expenditure. For these households, when their payment of indirect taxes (which reflect expenditure) are expressed as a proportion of gross income, the result is a high calculated tax burden.
	There are a number of plausible reasons why for some households, expenditure might exceed income. Households with low incomes may draw on their savings or borrow in order to finance their expenditure. In addition, the lower decile in particular includes some groups, who have, or report, very little income (for example, self-employed people starting a business or someone who has just been made redundant). In these cases, expenditure is not being met from current income. Some types of receipts are not included as income in the EFS e.g. inheritance and severance payments. In some cases, the information given on expenditure is not consistent with that on income received because of timing differences.
	
		
			  Average gross household income and total tax payment by income decile, United Kingdom, 1997-98 to 200405 
			  Decile groups ranked by households equivalised disposable income 
			  Gross household income 
			   Bottom  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th  7th  8th  9th  Top  All households (£ per year) 
			 1997-98 6087 8512 10001 13550 17458 20784 24921 31163 37317 60056 22985 
			 1998-99 6381 9104 10708 14159 18284 21736 26191 31258 38195 66486 24250 
			 1999-2000 6238 9199 10873 14745 18945 23071 27672 32407 41544 69536 25423 
			 2000-01 6749 10100 12648 15924 20245 23922 29549 34442 41942 71754 26727 
			 2001-02 7041 10777 12886 16761 21272 25245 31022 37445 46179 80280 28891 
			 2002-03(1) 7580 11765 13935 17315 21451 25674 32324 38839 47619 75786 29229 
			 2003-04(2) 7654 11673 14304 18697 22829 27319 31614 39037 47436 81700 30226 
			 2004-05 8376 12995 15608 19210 24206 28491 33262 41263 51070 84357 31884 
		
	
	
		
			  Total tax( 3) 
			   Bottom  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th  7th  8th  9th  Top  All households (£ per year) 
			 1997-98 2678 2848 3292 4805 6282 7596 9321 11787 13611 20779 8300 
			 1998-99 3041 3178 3634 5083 6772 8238 10025 11920 14287 23712 8989 
			 1999-2000 3142 3256 3628 5428 7060 8643 10371 12406 15427 23525 9289 
			 2000-01 3211 3692 4522 5845 7618 9081 11300 13144 15785 24528 9873 
			 2001-02 3754 3739 4214 5851 7589 9113 11438 13529 16758 26967 10296 
			 2002-03(1) 3536 3796 4283 5792 7348 9005 11522 13708 16778 26502 10227 
			 2003-04(2) 3387 3890 4521 6279 7852 9812 11535 14196 17413 28418 10731 
			 2004-05 3564 4213 4960 6396 8486 9953 12035 14791 18755 29420 11257 
		
	
	
		
			  Tax as a percentage of gross household income 
			   Bottom  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th  7th  8th  9th  Top  All households (percentage) 
			 1997-98 44.0 33.5 32.9 35.5 36.0 36.5 37.4 37.8 36.5 34.6 36.1 
			 1998-99 47.7 34.9 33.9 35.9 37.0 37.9 38.3 38.1 37.4 35.7 37.1 
			 1999-2000 50.4 35.4 33.4 36.8 37.3 37.5 37.5 38.3 37.1 33.8 36.5 
			 2000-01 47.6 36.6 35.8 36.7 37.6 38.0 38.2 38.2 37.6 34.2 36.9 
			 2001-02 53.3 34.7 32.7 34.9 35.7 36.1 36.9 36.1 36.3 33.6 35.6 
			 2002-03(1) 46.6 32.3 30.7 33.5 34.3 35.1 35.6 35.3 35.2 35.0 35.0 
			 2003-04(2) 44.3 33.3 31.6 33.6 34.4 35.9 36.5 36.4 36.7 34.8 35.5 
			 2004-05 42.6 32.4 31.8 33.3 35.1 34.9 36.2 35.8 36.7 34.9 35.3 
			 (1 )From 2002-03 onwards charges for water, environmental and sewage services were no longer treated as a tax. (2 )From 2003-04 onwards tax credits were treated as a negative tax. (3 )Includes both direct and indirect taxes. Direct taxes include income tax (after deduction of tax credits), employees' National Insurance contributions, and council tax. Indirect taxes include VAT, duties, and a number of smaller items such as television licences. Source: 'The effects of taxes and benefits on household income', ONS

Welfare Tax Credits

David Laws: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many manual payments of tax credits were made in each of the last 12 months.

Dawn Primarolo: For the number of manual payments made up to and including April 2006 I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 5 June 2006,  Official Report, columns 188-89W
	The number of manual payments made in each month from May 2006 to 30 September 2006 was around:
	
		
			  2006  Number of payments (000) 
			 May 20 
			 June 20 
			 July 15 
			 August 20 
			 September 30 
		
	
	For the number of manual payments made between October 2006 and January 2007 (inclusive) I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 7 February 2007,  Official Report, column 1037W.
	The allocation of payments to precise payment dates requires a degree of estimation and are therefore rounded to the nearest 5,000.

Departments: Public Participation

Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many public enquiries were directed to her Department in each year since 1997.

Hilary Armstrong: The information is not held centrally and can be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Experience Corps

Mark Hoban: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how much Government funding has been provided to the Experience Corps in each year since its formation; and if she will make a statement.

Edward Miliband: The Experience Corps was launched in 2001 as a limited company. The Government grant funded Experience Corps to a total of £19 million over three years, until March 2004. The following table gives an outline of government funding by year.
	
		
			  Government funding for Experience Corps by financial year 
			   Total grant (£) 
			 2001-02 5,292,000 
			 2002-03 7,176,757 
			 2003-04 7,200,000 
			 Overall total 19,668,757 
		
	
	Since March 2004, the programme has continued to run independent of government funding.

Parliamentary Questions

Mike Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he will answer question  (a) 101936, on the Shatt al-Arab waterway, and  (b) 101935, on biological research, tabled by the hon. Member for Portsmouth South for answer on 20 November 2006.

Des Browne: I replied to question 101936 on19 February 2007,  Official Report, columns 318-19W and my right hon. Friend, the Minister of State for the Armed Forces, replied to question 101935 on1 February 2007,  Official Report, columns 510-511W.

Children in Poverty

Nigel Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of children in Ribble Valley constituency lived in workless households in each year since 1979-80.

Jim Murphy: holding answer 29 November 2006
	Data is only available from April 2004. The available information is in the following table.
	
		
			  A workless household is a household containing someone claiming either income support, jobseeker's allowance, incapacity benefit/severe disability allowance, or pension credit for Ribble Valley parliamentary constituency 
			  As at April each year:  Percentage of dependent children in workless households 
			 2004 6.2 
			 2005 6.0 
			 2006 5.4 
			  Notes: 1. All data represent a snapshot in time of claimants on the computer system and will therefore exclude a very small number of cases that are held clerically. 2. Geo-referencing tools, obtained from the Office of National Statistics, have been used to assign claimants to geographies. 3. Data represents children dependent on a parent/guardian who is claiming one or more of income support, jobseeker's allowance, incapacity benefit/severe disability allowance, or pension credit. 4. Due to the introduction of child tax credits in April 2003, information on child dependents are not reliably completed on the benefit computer system. Therefore, children have been merged onto IS/JSA/IB/SDA/PC claims from child benefit records with permission of HMRC. The total numbers of children on child benefit has been used as the denominator for the percentages given. 5. Figures for Ribble Valley include the wards of Preston Rural East and Preston Rural North, which are partly in Ribble Valley parliamentary constituency.  Source: DWP Information Directorate, April 2006

Health and Safety Executive: Prosecutions

Peter Bottomley: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many prosecutions were brought in each of the last five years by the Health and Safety Executive in  (a) magistrates courts and  (b) Crown court; in what proportion the pleas were guilty; and in how many cases where the plea was not guilty the defendants were convicted.

Anne McGuire: The following table presents: the number of prosecutions brought by the HSE's Field Operations Directorate (FOD) that received their final hearing in each of the years 2001-02 to 2004-05 in magistrates courts and Crown court (Column A); the numbers of guilty pleas (Column B); and, the number (Column C) and percentage (Column D) of not guilty pleas resulting in conviction (excluding charges withdrawn). Validated data for 2005-06 is not available at this point in time.
	
		
			  Charges decided 
			   Not guilty plea: Of which 
			  Not guilty plea: Of which   Convicted 
			   A  Total number  B  Guilty plea  Not  Guilty plea  Charges withdrawn  Charges proceeded  Found not guilty  C  Number  D  Percentage 
			  Magistrates court 
			 2001-02 1251 1024 227 179 48 10 38 79 
			 2002-03 1078 881 197 152 45 13 32 71 
			 2003-04 1051 880 171 124 47 15 32 68 
			 2004-05 862 674 188 151 37 8 29 78 
			  
			  Crown court 
			 2001-02 303 226 77 61 16 7 9 56 
			 2002-03 266 170 96 61 35 14 21 60 
			 2003-04 276 202 74 32 42 23 19 45 
			 2004-05 212 152 60 27 33 10 23 70

Official Visits: Australia

Danny Alexander: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 
	(1)  which organisations and individuals he is due to meet on his forthcoming visit to Australia;
	(2)  whether he will be accompanied on his forthcoming visit to Australia by the Chief Executive of the Portland Trust in the capacity as advisor on the Government's review of its welfare to work strategy;
	(3)  what the estimated cost is of his forthcoming visit to Australia.

John Hutton: I had an extensive range of engagements to learn about Australian welfare and employment service reforms including: meetings with my Australian Ministerial counterparts; Members of the Australian House of Representatives; officials from the Department for Employment and Workplace Relations; Centrelink and Job Network; social partners including the Salvation Army, Mission Australia and the Social Policy Research Centre; and site visits to a Child Support Service Agency, a Family Relations Centre, Marrickville Training Centre Work Solutions and Cabramatta Customer Services Centre.
	The Chief Executive of the Portland Trust did not accompany me on my visit to Australia.
	The estimated cost of the visit is £22,000.

State Retirement Pensions: Bristol

Kerry McCarthy: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many recipients of the state retirement pension there are in Bristol East.

James Purnell: As at May 2006, there were 15,060 recipients of state pension in Bristol East parliamentary constituency.
	 Notes:
	1. Caseload figures are rounded to the nearest ten. Some additional disclosure control has also been applied.
	2. Parliamentary constituencies are those used for the Westminster Parliament.
	 Source
	DWP Information Directorate: Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study.

Departments: Official Cars

Mark Francois: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many vehicles belonging to her Department were  (a) lost and  (b) stolen in each year since 1997; and what the (i) make and model and (ii) value was of each vehicle.

Vera Baird: My Department has no recorded incidents of vehicles lost since 1997. The number of vehicles belonging to or leased by my Department recorded stolen in each year is set out in the following table:
	
		
			   Make and model  Value of vehicle (£) 
			 1998 Rover 218 (1)— 
			 2000 Rover 420 1,843 
			 2000 Citroen Saxo 6,350 
			 2001 Vauxhall Astra 7,050 
			 2001 Fiat Punto 5,900 
			 2002 Vauxhall Astra 2,297 
			 2003 Ford Focus 1,834 
			 2005 Citroen Xsara 5,955 
			 (1) Data not available

Hospitals: Wales

Peter Bone: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Welsh Assembly Ministers on the cross-border provision of hospital care.

Peter Hain: I have regular discussions my Cabinet colleagues on a range of issues as the need arise. I also meet the Welsh Assembly First Minister on a regular basis, when we discuss a range of issues, including cross-border provision of healthcare.

Departmental Expenditure

Brooks Newmark: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much was spent by his Department on buying, operating and supporting  (a) all commercial software products and  (b) software products produced by Microsoft was in each of the last three years.

Barry Gardiner: In October 2004 Defra outsourced its IT capabilities, forming a strategic partnership with IBM. IBM now provides Defra with end-to-end IT and business change services, this includes the provision of software.
	It is therefore not possible to separately identify the cost of buying, operating and supporting software from the cost of providing desktop services as a whole.
	The total cost of desktop services provided to core-Defra for the financial years 2004-05, 2005-06 and 2006-07 is approximately £7.4 million, £13.6 million and £11.9 million respectively.
	The level of information requested is not available prior to October 2004 as the necessary accounting codes needed to identify this expenditure were not in place.

Freedom of Information

Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs on the application of Freedom of Information regulations to private companies performing public services.

Barry Gardiner: In the course of official business I have regular discussions with Ministerial colleagues on a wide range of issues.

Genetically Modified Organisms

Peter Ainsworth: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 
	(1)  when he expects copies of the individual responses to the consultation on proposals for managing the co-existence of GM and non-GM crops in England to be publicly available;
	(2)  how many responses his Department received during the consultation on proposals for managing the co-existence of GM and non-GM crops in England from  (a) members of the public,  (b) non-government organisations,  (c) farming organisations,  (d) farmers,  (e) local authorities,  (f) food companies,  (g) biotechnology companies and their representatives,  (h) the organic industry and  (i) research institutions;
	(3)  when his Department expects to make a summary of the responses to the consultation on proposals for managing the co-existence of GM and non-GM crops in England available on the Department's website.

Ian Pearson: holding answer 21 February 2007
	We are still analysing and categorising the responses to the coexistence consultation. Approximately 11,200 responses were received in total (counting each signature on a petition as an individual response). A provisional breakdown indicates that approximately 11,000 responses were received from members of the public, five from farming organisations, 18 from local authorities, five from biotechnology companies and their representative body, eight from organic groups (not including companies), three from research providers and 161 from other organisations, including NGOs and companies.
	We intend to publish a summary of the responses on the DEFRA website within the next few months. At that stage copies of the individual responses will be made available publicly via the DEFRA library, except where they are of a standard or pro-forma type, in which case one example will be made available along with confirmation of the total number of that type received.

Radioactive Wastes: Waste Management

David Chaytor: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will make a statement on his plans for an underground nuclear waste repository.

Ian Pearson: My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State responded to the report by the Committee on the Management of Radioactive Waste (CoRWM) on25 October 2006. In his response he accepted CoRWM's recommendation that the UK's higher activity waste should be managed, in the long term, through geological disposal. His response also accepted the continuing need for safe and secure interim storage until geological disposal is available.
	The UK Government and devolved administrations are working together to prepare a public consultation document on the Government's framework for the implementation of geological disposal. This document, which we aim to publish later this year, will include an outline geological disposal delivery programme and proposals for a voluntarist/partnership approach to site selection.

Recycling: EC Law

Martin Horwood: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 
	(1)  which of the collection and recycling strategies outlined in the Battery Waste Management Life Cycle Assessment report his Department will adopt to meet the UK's obligations under the EC directive on batteries and accumulators; and if he will make a statement;
	(2)  what financial support his Department  (a) is offering and  (b) plans to offer to increase the capacity for the recycling of batteries to the level required to meet obligations under the EC Directive 2006/66/EC on batteries and accumulators.

Ben Bradshaw: No decisions have yet been made as to what our collection and recycling strategy for batteries should be, or what financial support will be offered in order to meet obligations under the EC directive on batteries and accumulators. This is a producer responsibility directive and we are discussing the implementation with the businesses likely to be affected.
	We have asked the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) to carry out work to determine the most cost effective way of collecting batteriesto meet the targets under the forthcoming directive. Both WRAP's findings and ERM's Battery Waste Management Life Cycle Assessment report will be discussed with producers and used to assist policy development in this area.
	Consultation on the implementation of the batteries directive is in the initial stages and discussions with interested parties are ongoing. On 10 January, Defra and the Department of Trade and Industry jointly held a 'Futurefocus' event with 19 industry representatives to brainstorm initial ideas about the directive. Defra also hosted an informal consultative workshop on12 February where producers and other interested parties were able to discuss the possible implications of the directive for the UK.

Developing Countries: Investment

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much private investment capital  (a) Actis and  (b) Aureos have attracted for private sector business in developing countries in (i) 2005 and (ii) 2006 as a result of their own activities in those developing countries.

Hilary Benn: Actis raised US$ 453.2 million of third party capital for investment in developing countries in 2005 and US$ 137.0 million in 2006.
	Aureos raised US$ 36.7 million in 2005 andUS$ 71.3 million in 2006.

Development Aid

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development pursuant to the answer of 30 January 2007,  Official Report, column 165W, on development aid, what spending by HM Treasury counted as Official Development Assistance in each year since 2001, broken down by  (a) programme and  (b) agency.

Hilary Benn: DFID is responsible for reporting UK Official Development Assistance (ODA) to the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. This also includes reporting ODA expenditure from other UK Government Departments. HM Treasury funds a proportion of UK ODA, but these contributions are estimated by DFID. The following table sets out the breakdown of Official Development Assistance (ODA) funded from HM Treasury since 2001.
	
		
			  £000 
			  HM Treasury ODA  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005 
			 Gift Aid(1) 30,303 39,873 43,868 45,312 52,922 
			 EC Administration(2) 18,268 20,136 35,124 38,938 37,286 
			 Total HM Treasury ODA 48,571 60,009 78,992 84,250 90,208 
			 (1) Gift aid that is spent on international development can be scored as ODA and is funded from HM Treasury. However, the Treasury does not hold this information and it is estimated from a survey of UK civil society organisations carried out by DFID. The survey asks how much they spend on development and how much tax claimed back under gift aid and deed of covenant. This is a voluntary survey so the information is not always complete, so the above figures will underestimate the amount of gift aid that is ODA. (2) DFID is responsible for funding the UK's contribution to the European Community (EC) development programme and HM Treasury funds the remainder of the UK's contribution to the EC including administration costs. The proportion of EC administration costs that are attributed to the EC development programme can be scored as ODA and these figures are estimated by DFID and included in the table.

Development Aid

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development pursuant to the answer of 30 January 2007,  Official Report, column 165W, on development aid, what spending by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office was counted as Official Development Assistance in each year since 2001, broken down by  (a) programme and  (b) agency.

Hilary Benn: DFID is responsible for reporting UK Official Development Assistance (ODA) to the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. This also includes reporting ODA expenditure from other UK Government Departments. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) provides DFID annually with estimates of ODA expenditure. DFID then quality assures these reports to ensure the DAC directives are followed and reports the relevant expenditure as ODA to the OECD-DAC. The following table sets out the available breakdown of the FCO ODA which was reported to the OECD-DAC since 2001.
	
		
			  Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Official Development Assistance (ODA)—breakdown 
			  £ GBP thousand 
			   2001  2002  2003  2004  2005 
			 Drug Related Assistance (joint with Home Office) 7,294 9,172 9,029 4,630 12,342 
			   
			 Programme — — — 11,817 11,253 
			  Economic Governance  —  —  —  —  5,193 
			  Environment  —  —  —  —  1,032 
			  Human Rights and Democracy  —  —  —  —  5,029 
			 Justice and Home Affairs — — — 287 1,529 
			 Chevening — — — 16,000 12,259 
			 Administration 10,000 10,000 20,000 18,263 13,312 
			 Contributions to Commonwealth Organisations 734 753 773 798 813 
			 Support to Global Conflict Prevention Pools — — 24,000 25,916 21,582 
			 International Subscription to United Nations Regular Budget — — — 6,500 6,578 
			 International Subscription to Red Cross — — — 500 600 
			 British Council 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 
			   
			 Total FCO ODA 48,037 49,925 83,802 114,711 110,267

Globeleq: Renewable Energy

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development whether any investments have been made by Globeleq in renewable energy; and if he will make a statement.

Gareth Thomas: Globeleq has two investments in renewable hydroelectric energy, in Bolivia and Peru. These comprise approximately 12 per cent. of Globeleq's overall generation capacity.
	72 per cent. of Globeleq's generation capacity is fuelled by natural gas and the remainder by fuel oil.

Railways: Romford

Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the average delay was for the One operated rail service between Romford Station and Liverpool Street Station was in each year since 2004.

Tom Harris: Delay to train services is reported as Public Performance Measure (PPM), at an aggregate level for the Train Operating Company 'one', of which the Romford to Liverpool Street service is a part. The Department does not, therefore, hold specific delay information related to the Romford to Liverpool Street service.

Waterloo Station

Susan Kramer: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when the separate costing process for the former Eurostar platforms at London Waterloo Station is expected to finish; and if he will make a statement.

Tom Harris: The Department is currently working with Network Rail and the train operating company to refine the options for the conversion of Waterloo International to accommodate domestic passenger services. This work includes the costing of the options under consideration. This work is expected to be completed in the spring.

Stevens Report

Mark Durkan: To ask the Solicitor-General 
	(1)  whether he has had discussions with  (a) the Director of Public Prosecutions and  (b) the Prime Minister on the Stevens Report;
	(2)  on what date he received a copy of the report of the Stevens investigation; and on what date the report was submitted to the Director of Public Prosecutions.

Mike O'Brien: The Attorney-General has had discussions with the DPP about the Director's consideration of possible prosecutions arising out of the Stevens report as part of the normal processof superintendence. The Attorney-General has not discussed the Stevens report with the Prime Minister.
	I have had no discussions with either the Director or Prime Minister regarding the Stevens report.
	There was no single Stevens report. The Stevens team provided to the Public Prosecution Service a vast amount of material in the form of statements and documentary exhibits—including lengthy transcripts of interview. This material was submitted over a period of time which reflected the progress of their inquiry. The material would be accompanied by a covering report. The last report was received on 15 April 2003. It was the task of the PPS to analyse all the material provided, not to merely consider a police report. The analysis included cross referencing to earlier material that resulted from the two previous Stevens investigations and, in particular, prosecutorial decisions based on those investigations. The advice of senior counsel was sought and the Stevens team were asked to carry out further work.
	The Attorney-General has not seen the Stevens reports or the evidence submitted. The PPS, with the assistance of counsel, prepared a number of detailed analyses of the evidence and underlying legal principles. The analyses alone filled 16 files which were contained in eight separate binders. They were received by the Attorney-General's Office on different dates between mid 2004 and mid 2005. It is the nature of superintendence that the Director will discuss with the Attorney-General cases of particular complexity or seriousness. The decisions remain those of the Director.
	A great deal of additional work has been carried out since, including further advices from (three) senior counsel. Decisions are close to being finalised.

Departments: Theft

David Davies: To ask the Prime Minister what items valued at above £100 were reported as stolen from his Office's buildings or premises in the last12 months.

Tony Blair: None.

Community Policing

Jeremy Browne: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what mechanisms he uses to monitor and evaluate the performance of safer neighbourhood teams in England and Wales.

Vernon Coaker: The Home Office monitors and evaluates neighbourhood policing nationally through a strategic research programme rather than measuring the performance of individual teams. Implementation is measured by repeat surveys of all forces and BCUs, and results are being compared with outcomes in the Police Performance Assessment Framework (PPAF). Outcomes which should be affected include crime and antisocial behaviour, feelings of safety and security, and satisfaction with and confidence in the police. An additional study is testing theimpact of neighbourhood policing at a BCU level, following the successful evaluation of the ward level National Reassurance Policing Programme. Surveys are being carried out in four Pathfinder BCUs each matched to a comparison site, to measure change in public perceptions and experiences. Results will be published in due course.
	The Home Office also continues to assess police performance through PPAF. The statutory performance indicators in PPAF on public confidence in the police (2a) and perception of antisocial behaviour (10b) measure the impact of neighbourhood policing. Finally, HMIC's baseline assessments also provide a qualitative measure of neighbourhood policing delivery.

Driving Offences: Lancashire

Nigel Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many drivers were prosecuted under the Road Traffic Act 1998 for failing to stop after an accident in Lancashire in each year since 1997.

Vernon Coaker: Available information taken from the court proceedings database held by the Office for Criminal Justice Reform and given in the following table shows the number of defendants prosecuted for the offence of 'failing to stop after an accident' under the Road Traffic Act 1988 s. 170 (4) from 1997 to 2005 (latest available).
	
		
			  Proceedings( 1)  at magistrates courts for accident offences( 2)  within Lancashire police force area, 1997 to 2005 
			   Number 
			 1997 211 
			 1998 211 
			 1999 185 
			 2000 187 
			 2001 205 
			 2002 161 
			 2003 205 
			 2004 163 
			 2005 165 
			 (1) These data are on the principal offence basis. (2) Aiding, abetting, causing or permitting accident offences under the RTA88 s. 170(4).  Notes: 1. It is known that for some police force areas, the reporting of court proceedings in particular those relating to summary motoring offences, may be less than complete. Work is under way to ensure that the magistrates courts case management system currently being implemented by the Department for Constitutional Affairs reports all motoring offences to the Office for Criminal Justice Reform. This will enable more complete figures to be disseminated. 2. Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when these data are used.

Local Child Curfew Schemes: Lancashire

Nigel Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many child curfew orders were issued in Lancashire in each year since 1997.

Gerry Sutcliffe: The available information is contained in the table.
	
		
			  Persons aged 10 to 17 sentenced to curfew( 1)  orders at Lancashire courts( 2) 
			   Number 
			 1997 (3)— 
			 1998 — 
			 1999 — 
			 2000 8 
			 2001 25 
			 2002 87 
			 2003 127 
			 2004 145 
			 2005 144 
			 (1) Given for principal offences. (2) Magistrates courts in Lancashire and the Crown court if committed by magistrates in Lancashire. (3) Curfew orders were introduced on an area by area basis from 1995.  Note: Although care is taken in collating and analysing the returns used to compile these figures, the data are of necessity subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system. Consequently, although figures are shown to the last digit in order to provide a comprehensive record of the information collected, they are not necessarily accurate to the last digit shown.  Source: RDS-NOMS, Home Office

Oral Questions

Simon Burns: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which questions on the order paper for oral answer by him on 19 February 2007 were drafted wholly or in part by a  (a) member of the ministerial team,  (b) special adviser,  (c) civil servant,  (d) parliamentary private secretary on his behalf and  (e) Government whip; and if he will make a statement.

Tony McNulty: Questions on the order paper are a matter for the individual hon. Members who tabled them.

Passports: Lost Property

Mark Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many British passports were reported lost or stolen  (a) in the UK and  (b) abroad in each year since 1997.

Joan Ryan: The UK Passport Service did not routinely collect information on the number of lost and stolen passports prior to 1999. Up until the introduction in December 2003 of a comprehensive system for the reporting and recording of lost and stolen passports, only the total number of these passports was recorded.
	The information shown in the table for 1999 to 2003 cannot therefore be broken down between the UK and abroad. Also it is mainly based on information contained in applications for replacement passports. It may not therefore show the true number of passports lost and stolen in these years.
	The 2004-06 figures are taken from the improved reporting and recording arrangements introduced in 2003. The figures relating to losses abroad are compiled from electronic reports received from Foreign and Commonwealth Office (F and CO) posts overseas. The increase in F and CO reports between 2004 and 2005 is a reflection of the phased implementation of the lost and stolen reporting arrangements at overseas posts.
	
		
			   Total number of lost and stolen passports  Number of processed electronic reports of loss and theft from F and CO 
			 1997 n/a n/a 
			 1998 n/a n/a 
			 1999 62,364 n/a 
			 2000 114,624 n/a 
			 2001 148,230 n/a 
			 2002 166,358 n/a 
			 2003 184,301 n/a 
			 2004 275,040 5,295 
			 2005 286,988 17,264 
			 2006 290,996 22,180 
			 n/a = not available.

Young Offenders: Gloucestershire

Martin Horwood: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many  (a) under 12-year-olds,  (b) 13-year-olds,  (c) 14-year-olds,  (d) 15-year-olds,  (e) 16-year-olds and  (f) 17-year-olds who were normally resident in Gloucestershire were in young offender institutions or prisons for each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement.

Gerry Sutcliffe: The available information is given in the following table. The figures have been supplied by the Youth Justice Board, which assumed responsibility for commissioning and purchasing places in the secure estate for children and young people from April 2000. They show the number of young people aged 15-17, normally resident in Gloucestershire, who were accommodated in young offender institutions on 17 February in each year from 2001. None were accommodated in prisons. Young people under the age of 15 are not placed in young offender institutions or prisons.
	
		
			  15 to 17-year-olds normally resident in Gloucestershire accommodated in young offender institutions( 1) 
			  Age  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007 
			 15 1 2 2 1 5 7 2 
			 16 4 5 5 4 4 7 5 
			 17 11 11 5 9 9 9 8 
			 Total 16 18 12 14 18 23 15 
			 (1 )Number accommodated on 17 February each year.

Low Carbon Buildings Programme

Mark Lazarowicz: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on the future of the low carbon buildings programme.

Jim Fitzpatrick: The low carbon buildings programme has two phases with the aim of helping to build a sustainable industry for microgeneration technologies.
	Phase one (£30 million) was launched in April 2006 and provides several streams of funding for householders.
	Phase two with a £50 million budget announced in Budget 2006 was launched in December. It supports projects in the public and not for profit sectors, with the specific aim of driving down the cost of microgeneration technologies. Both phases continue to make good progress.
	Under Phase one we have so far committed£6.8 million to 4,534 household projects, £660,000 to41 community projects, and we expect to commit around £2.3 million to the 26 stream two projects to date.

Post Offices

Alistair Carmichael: To ask the Secretary of Statefor Trade and Industry pursuant to the answer of26 January 2007,  Official Report, column 2067W, on post offices, how many stakeholder groups have been sent copies of the Post Office network consultation documents; and how many consultation responses his Department has received from each region.

Jim Fitzpatrick: To 18 February, 1,336 hard copies of the consultation document had been despatched to stakeholder groups and other interested parties. The consultation document is also available electronically on the Department's website and to 15 February, the document had been downloaded 2,622 times and the response form had been separately downloaded 1,323 times. The electronic version of the consultation document can also be copied freely.
	To 19 February responses received by Department by country/region were:
	
		
			  Region  Responses 
			 South East England 50 
			 Greater London 4 
			 South West 68 
			 Eastern England 14 
			 East Midlands 13 
			 West Midlands 18 
			 Yorks/Humberside 20 
			 North East England 2 
			 North West England 7 
			 Scotland 141 
			 Wales 15 
			 Not given 15 
			 Northern Ireland 0 
			 Total 367

Post Offices

Alistair Carmichael: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when his Department will  (a) complete its analysis of responses to the Post Office network consultation and  (b) publish its response to the consultation.

Jim Fitzpatrick: The Government expect to complete its analysis of responses to the Post Office network consultation and to publish its responses to the consultation in March.

Post Offices: Devon

Anthony Steen: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what estimate he has made of the number of rural post offices which will close in Devon in each of the next three years.

Jim Fitzpatrick: None. After the end of the national consultation on its proposals for maintaining a national post office network, the Government will reach and announce their decisions. It will then be for Post Office Ltd. to develop local area implementation plans within the framework set by Government.

Post Offices: Norfolk

Christopher Fraser: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what areas of the South West Norfolk constituency are considered to be  (a) urban,  (b) rural and  (c) remote under the access criteria for the post office network.

Jim Fitzpatrick: Areas of South West Norfolk constituency comprising settlements of more than 10,000 inhabitants are classified as urban in the context of post office access criteria and those with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants are classified as rural. Of the 59 post offices in the constituency as at June 2006, all but four in Thetford were classified as rural.

Apprenticeships: Hendon

Andrew Dismore: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many pupils in Hendon completed apprenticeships in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.

Bill Rammell: Data on Apprenticeships and Advanced Apprenticeships is collected on the Learning and Skills Council's Individualised Learner Record (ILR). The following table shows the number of learners having met all the requirements of their Apprenticeship framework in the Hendon parliamentary constituency (based on learner home postcode) in the latest three years for which data are available.
	
		
			   Apprenticeship at level 2  Advanced apprenticeship 
			 2002/03 10 10 
			 2003/04 20 10 
			 2004/05 20 10 
			  Note: Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.  Source: Learning and Skills Council Individualised Learner Record (ILR) 
		
	
	These figures are based on the Learning and Skills Council's Individualised Learner Record and are consistent with figures underpinning the national success rates published in the National Statistics Publications: 'Further Education and Work Based Learning—Learner Outcomes in England: 2004/05' and 'Further Education and Work Based Learning—Learner Outcomes in England: 2003/04'. These showed the national success rate for complete frameworks in apprenticeships has improved from 27 per cent. in 2002/03 to 40 per cent. in 2004/05. Comparable official statistics for 2005/06 will be published in the Statistical First Release 'Further Education and Work Based Learning—Learner Outcomes in England: 2005/06' but latest management information suggests that there has been significant further improvement to around 53 per cent.
	A target has been set to increase the volume of completions to 75,500 in 2007/08. We are on target to meet that with 99,000 completions in 2005/06 based on latest management information.
	In order to successfully complete an apprenticeship the learner must achieve each element required by their particular framework; that would include an NVQ, Key Skills and any other required qualification.

English Language

Helen Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many English for Speakers of Other Languages courses were delivered at trade union learning centres in the last period for which figures are available; and what discussions he had had with trade unions about the impact of the ending of fee remission for those courses at such centres.

Phil Hope: Trade unions offer an important opportunity for learners with literacy, language and numeracy skills to access the learning opportunities they need for sustainable employment and progression at work.
	Figures for the number of courses delivered at Trade union centres are not available. However, in 2005-06, £16.9 million was available for unionlearn and Union Learning Fund activities. Funding supported over 107,000 learners to improve their skills. For that year, figures for the number of people undertaking ESOL courses are not available. However, we expect 3,245 learners to improve their English language skills through unionlearning funded activity in 2006-07.
	Minister of State Bill Rammell met with the TUC and union leaders as part of the Race Equality Impact Assessment process. The changes to ESOL funding include the withdrawal of automatic fee remission from ESOL courses, but learners who are in receipt of jobseeker's allowance and income related benefits will still be eligible for full fee remission. This includes low paid workers earning up to £15,050 who are eligible for working tax credit. The Government will continue to support the cost of learning for those who are asked for a contribution and will fund around 62.5 per cent. of the course fee.

English Language

Helen Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what discussions he has had with the Department for Communities and Local Government on the effect on community cohesion of the ending of fee remission for English for Speakers of Other Languages courses.

Phil Hope: Proposals for changes to arrangements for funding of ESOL courses were considered by members of the Asylum and Migration Cabinet Committee of which DCLG is a member. The changes were approved by that Committee on 21 September 2006.
	The changes include the withdrawal of automatic fee remission from ESOL courses, but learners who are in receipt of jobseeker's allowance and income related benefits, including working tax credit, will still be eligible for full fee remission. The Government will continue to support the cost of learning for those who are asked for a contribution and will fund around62.5 per cent. of the course fee.

Higher Education: Admissions

David Willetts: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many and what proportion of 18-year-olds having successfully completed  (a) at least two non-vocational A-levels,  (b) at least two vocational A-levels and  (c) NVQ Level Three qualifications took up places in (i) full-time university, (ii) part-time university, (iii) full-time other higher, (iv) part-time other higher and (v) further education in each year since 1997.

Bill Rammell: The latest data from the Higher Education Initial Participation Rate (HEIPR) showing the participation rates of 18-year-olds in higher education is shown in the first table. Comparable figures are not available for years prior to 1999.
	
		
			  Table 1: Participation rate of English domiciled 18-year-olds in higher education 
			  Year of entry  Participation rate (Percentage) 
			 1999 19.1 
			 2000 19.4 
			 2001 19.8 
			 2002 19.9 
			 2003 19.5 
			 2004(1) 19.8 
			 (1) Provisional.  Source: Higher Education Initial Participation Rate (HEIPR). Latest figures published by DfES in "Participation Rates in Higher Education 1999/00 to 2004/05", April 2006. 
		
	
	The HEIPR is not disaggregated by the qualification level of the entrants. However, data from the Youth Cohort Survey (YCS) showing the progression rates of 18-year-olds, for the five most recent cohorts, are shown in the second table. The YCS is a sample survey and as such, estimates from it are subject to sampling variability. This means changes from one cohort to the next should be treated with caution especially forsmall populations such as those with AVCEs and NVQ level 3s.
	The latest available information on the qualification levels of entrants to higher education is shown in the third table.
	
		
			  English domiciled 18-year-old entrants to HE courses at UK HE institutions with A-level or equivalent level 3 qualifications as their highest qualification on entry( 1) , 2002/03 to 2005/06 
			 Of which: 
			  Academic year  Qualification  Total  Full-time at universities  Part-time at universities  Full-time at HE colleges  Part-time at HE colleges 
			 2002/03 Total with A-level or equivalent level 3 qualifications on entry 114,735 103,200 685 10,310 140 
			   Of who have:  
			  2+ GCE A levels(2) 99,560 91,630 140 7,775 20 
			  2+ VCE A levels(2) 1,015 85 5 140 5 
			
			 2003/04 Total with A-level or equivalent level 3 qualifications on entry 116,520 105,090 820 10,510 100 
			   Of who have:  
			  2+ GCE A levels(2) 102,285 93,890 190 8,155 50 
			  2+ VCE A levels(2) 1,415 1,415 10 185 5 
			
			 2004/05 Total with A-level or equivalent level 3 qualifications on entry 120,315 111,735 950 7,490 140 
			   Of who have:  
			  2+ GCE A levels(2) 105,070 98,910 205 5,845 110 
			  2+ VCE A levels(2) 1,720 1,510 5 200 10 
			
			 2005/06 Total with A-level or equivalent level 3 qualifications on entry 133,320 124,040 1,040 8,140 105 
			   Of who have:  
			  2+ GCE A levels(2) 116,755 110,240 320 6,115 80 
			  2+ VCE A levels(2) 2,355 2,100 10 240 5 
			 (1) Figures for 18-year-olds entering with other qualifications are not included. (2) Contains a count of the number of students entering with the specific qualifications. There is likely to be a small number of students who fall into both categories and so will be counted once in each category.  Note: Figures are on a snapshot basis as at 1 December.  Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) student record. 
		
	
	
		
			  English domiciled 18-year-old entrants to HE courses at UK HE institutions with A-level or equivalent level 3 qualifications as their highest qualification on entry( 1) , 1997/98 to 2001/02 
			 Of which: 
			  Academic year  Qualification  Total  Full-time at universities  Part-time at universities  Full-time at HE colleges  Part-time at HE colleges 
			 1997/98 Total with A-level or equivalent level 3 qualifications on entry 107,000 95,110 525 11,225 140 
			   Of who have:  
			  2+ 'A' or AS level equivalents(2) (3)— (3)— (3)— (3)— (3)— 
			  NVQ level 3, 12 module GNVQ or combination(2, 4) (3)— (3)— (3)— (3)— (3)— 
			
			 1998/99 Total with A-level or equivalent level 3 qualifications on entry 107,660 95,630 680 11,140 210 
			   Of who have:  
			  2+ 'A' or AS level equivalents(2) 93,470 84,220 360 8,750 140 
			  NVQ level 3, 12 module GNVQ or combination(2, 4) 2,660 2,130 40 480 10 
			
			 1999/2000 Total with A-level or equivalent level 3 qualifications on entry 104,655 92,780 600 11,170 105 
			   Of who have:  
			  2+ 'A' or AS level equivalents(2) 88,105 79,000 325 8,735 50 
			  NVQ level 3, 12 module GNVQ or combination(2, 4) 3,265 2,400 45 815 5 
			
			 2000/01 Total with A-level or equivalent level 3 qualifications on entry 104,400 92,420 635 11,180 165 
			   Of who have:  
			  2+ 'A' or AS level equivalents(2) 89,640 80,650 325 8,630 30 
			  NVQ level 3, 12 module GNVQ or combination(2, 4) 5,340 4,075 80 1,175 10 
			
			 2001/02 Total with A-level or equivalent level 3 qualifications on entry 110,595 98,985 710 10,775 125 
			   Of who have:  
			  2+ 'A' or AS level equivalents(2) 94,640 86,380 300 7,920 35 
			  NVQ level 3, 12 module GNVQ or combination(2, 4) 5,975 4,755 75 1,130 15 
			 (1) Figures for 18-year-olds entering with other qualifications are not included. (2) Contains a count of the number of students entering with the specific qualifications. There is likely to be a small number of students who fall into both categories and so will be counted once in each category. (3) The information held for 1997/98 only allows the identification of the type of qualification held, not the number. (4) Combinations of NVQ level 3, and 12 or six module GNVQs.  Note: Figures are on a snapshot basis as at 1 December.  Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) student record.

Music: Education

Paul Holmes: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 
	(1)  how much his Department spent on music education through the Music Standards Fund in each year of its existence; and if he will make a statement;
	(2)  how much was spent on music education in each year since 1997.

Jim Knight: The Music Standards Fund was introduced in 1999/2000. The following table shows the amounts allocated through the Standards Fund in each year since then.
	
		
			   £ million (rounded) 
			 1999/2000 40 
			 2000/2001 50 
			 2001/2002 50 
			 2002/2003 59.5 
			 2003/2004(1) 61 
			 2004/2005 59.5 
			 2005/2006(1) 61 
			 2006/2007(2) 64 
			 Total 445 
			 (1) Includes KS2 addition of £1. 5 million. (2) Includes KS2 addition of £4.5 million. 
		
	
	In addition to the general amounts for Music Services in each of the years 2003/04, 2005/06 and 2006/07 an extra £1.5million was allocated to local authorities to encourage the development of programmes designed to increase the number of pupils at KS2 able to learn a musical instrument. For 2006/07 an extra £3 million was allocated to LAs for distribution directly to schools for KS2 instrumental provision. For 2007/08 this rises to £23 million. In each of those two years a further £2 million is held centrally to finance the purchase and repair of instruments and a CPD programme for music practitioners.
	Local authorities are free to add to the Music Standards Funds from their general education budgets, and many do. Information on the total spend on music is, therefore, not available centrally.

Music: Education

Paul Holmes: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much each local authority received from his Department for the purpose of providing music education in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement.

Jim Knight: The Government have paid specific grant to local authorities for the purposes of music education since 1999-2000. The amount of grant paid to each local authority for this purpose for each year since then, and the amounts allocated for 2007-2008, are set out in the following table.
	
		
			  Standard Fund Music allocations 1999-2000 to 2007-08 
			   1999-2000  2000-01  2001-02  2002-03  2003-04 
			 Barking 75,000 75,000 142,100 217,091 227,091 
			 Barnet 119,773 — 193,300 193,251 203,251 
			 Barnsley 154,489 171,000 191,300 216,336 226,336 
			 Bath and North East Somerset 187,000 187,000 187,000 187,000 197,000 
			 Bedfordshire 533,000 533,000 533,000 533,000 543,000 
			 Bexley 160,000 185,000 185,000 210,000 220,000 
			 Birmingham 324,069 736,150 1,083,800 1,555,904 1,564,904 
			 Blackburn with Darwen 155,000 360,000 360,000 410,000 420,000 
			 Blackpool 12,600 36,600 98,300 122,293 132,293 
			 Bolton 410,361 434,750 434,800 559,500 568,500 
			 Bournemouth — 21,100 — — 91,700 
			 Bracknell Forest 86,760 111,760 111,800 136,760 146,760 
			 Bradford 212,000 212,000 493,300 493,306 503,306 
			 Brent 63,000 63,000 191,200 254,159 264,159 
			 Brighton and Hove 303,000 316,790 316,800 330,580 340,580 
			 Bristol 218,000 233,400 265,300 291,541 301,541 
			 Bromley — 17,500 159,300 176,838 186,838 
			 Buckinghamshire 641,510 641,510 641,500 895,020 905,020 
			 Bury 45,912 47,000 125,700 130,723 140,723 
			 Calderdale 76,000 136,000 161,500 221,546 231,546 
			 Cambridgeshire 186,000 246,000 344,600 404,000 414,000 
			 Camden 97,000 278,750 278,800 373,500 383,500 
			 Cheshire 94,000 134,000 442,400 482,353 492,353 
			 Cornwall 320,088 350,000 350,000 518,000 528,000 
			 Corporation of London — — 1,800 1,753 2,753 
			 Coventry 98,500 123,740 223,300 347,088 357,088 
			 Croydon 71,080 74,700 231,100 267,764 267,764 
			 Cumbria 393,000 509,900 509,900 633,800 643,800 
			 Darlington 142,000 142,000 142,000 177,000 187,000 
			 Derby City — — — — 10,000 
			 Derbyshire 250,000 250,000 695,600 945,642 955,642 
			 Devon 129,047 324,050 697,600 818,604 656,400 
			 Doncaster 741,000 754,956 755,000 768,912 778,912 
			 Dorset 74,000 137,200 304,400 410,379 254,600 
			 Dudley 575,000 290,718 290,700 581,435 591,435 
			 Durham 795,000 830,000 830,000 830,000 840,000 
			 Ealing 27,600 175,300 215,400 335,508 345,508 
			 East Riding of Yorkshire 557,000 557,000 557,000 557,000 567,000 
			 East Sussex 876,000 905,887 905,900 935,774 945,774 
			 Enfield 60,000 80,000 209,100 289,111 299,111 
			 Essex 364,500 364,500 758,000 1,122,535 1,132,535 
			 Gateshead 415,000 456,795 456,800 498,590 508,590 
			 Gloucestershire 137,058 163,950 345,200 467,176 477,176 
			 Greenwich 50,000 125,000 239,200 264,228 274,228 
			 Hackney 63,000 225,380 225,400 360,380 370,380 
			 Halton 22,000 22,000 125,400 125,429 135,429 
			 Hammersmith and Fulham 32,000 93,000 128,500 157,481 167,481 
			 Hampshire 741,981 882,190 882,200 1,086,380 1,095,380 
			 Haringey 219,000 283,000 283,000 358,000 357,000 
			 Harrow 158,000 158,000 158,000 158,000 168,000 
			 Hartlepool 168,000 — — — 10,000 
			 Havering 15,000 32,500 127,800 160,286 170,286 
			 Herefordshire 170,000 194,855 194,900 219,710 229,710 
			 Hertfordshire 266,413 341,800 626,600 782,448 782,448 
			 Hillingdon 30,000 60,000 143,500 203,534 213,534 
			 Hounslow 333,000 346,500 346,500 360,000 370,000 
			 Isle of Wight 256,000 280,000 298,400 340,800 350,800 
			 Isles of Scilly 2,510 2,510 4,000 3,996 4,996 
			 Islington 48,544 53,400 183,600 222,002 232,002 
			 Kensington and Chelsea 8,108 13,640 77,400 85,513 95,513 
			 Kent 489,091 665,000 824,500 1,129,485 1,139,485 
			 Kingston Upon Thames 71,500 71,500 71,500 143,000 153,000 
			 Kingston-upon-Hull 512,000 512,000 512,000 512,000 522,000 
			 Kirklees 313,000 358,277 358,300 403,553 413,553 
			 Knowsley 144,626 140,725 226,500 276,243 286,243 
			 Lambeth 17,500 17,500 215,500 233,044 243,044 
			 Lancashire 343,000 343,000 873,900 1,216,889 1,226,889 
			 Leeds 245,000 245,000 535,500 535,454 545,454 
			 Leicester City 129,400 149,400 149,400 169,400 179,400 
			 Leicestershire 461,000 461,000 461,000 461,000 471,000 
			 Lewisham 50,000 135,000 227,800 277,833 287,833 
			 Lincolnshire 471,000 507,000 507,000 543,000 553,000 
			 Liverpool 222,000 252,000 564,100 594,080 604,080 
			 Luton 273,000 562,375 562,400 851,750 861,750 
			 Manchester 1,355,000 1,355,000 1,355,000 1,366,000 1,365,000 
			 Medway 102,000 149,120 162,500 209,588 219,588 
			 Merton 66,250 66,250 102,000 168,221 178,221 
			 Middlesbrough 281,142 — — — 10,000 
			 Milton Keynes 187,347 232,500 232,500 280,000 290,000 
			 Newcastle Upon Tyne — 169,310 234,600 403,926 413,926 
			 Newham 13,100 225,200 314,700 513,737 523,737 
			 Norfolk 193,732 183,940 552,300 595,195 605,195 
			 North East Lincolnshire 128,071 189,000 189,000 309,000 319,000 
			 North Lincolnshire 190,000 190,000 190,000 190,000 200,000 
			 North Somerset 268,000 293,000 293,000 318,000 328,000 
			 North Tyneside 53,645 79,000 154,000 203,983 213,983 
			 North Yorkshire 683,000 703,000 703,000 723,000 733,000 
			 Northamptonshire 835,000 835,000 835,000 845,000 845,000 
			 Northumberland — 15,825 255,400 271,243 281,243 
			 Nottingham City 184,212 197,000 293,000 323,043 333,043 
			 Nottinghamshire 205,227 148,000 529,400 609,365 619,365 
			 Oldham 149,000 149,000 222,700 371,655 381,655 
			 Oxfordshire 262,000 338,000 338,000 425,000 424,000 
			 Peterborough 93,000 93,000 139,000 139,002 149,002 
			 Plymouth 56,000 — — — 182,200 
			 Poole — 21,700 — — 94,100 
			 Portsmouth 62,681 80,138 80,200 147,000 157,000 
			 Reading 81,000 81,000 81,000 150,000 160,000 
			 Redbridge 155,537 123,330 152,200 211,511 221,511 
			 Redcar and Cleveland 265,000 2,375 — — 10,000 
			 Richmond Upon Thames 126,100 127,350 127,400 159,600 169,600 
			 Rochdale 102,603 85,000 195,200 195,232 205,232 
			 Rotherham 574,000 597,460 597,500 620,920 630,920 
			 Rutland 22,050 4,400 20,200 20,169 30,169 
			 Salford 368,000 378,699 378,700 389,398 399,398 
			 Sandwell 753,000 753,000 753,000 753,000 763,000 
			 Sefton 491,000 543,770 543,800 596,540 606,540 
			 Sheffield 90,000 90,000 364,300 364,293 374,293 
			 Shropshire 110,000 110,000 179,000 178,988 188,988 
			 Slough 51,474 129,000 129,000 221,000 231,000 
			 Solihull 151,500 151,500 151,500 303,000 313,000 
			 Somerset 277,000 502,225 502,200 727,450 737,450 
			 South Gloucestershire 251,739 267,450 267,500 285,900 295,900 
			 South Tyneside 249,000 253,500 253,500 258,000 268,000 
			 Southampton 142,603 217,050 217,000 309,100 319,100 
			 Southend-on-Sea 56,865 160,979 161,000 208,229 218,229 
			 Southwark 100,000 100,000 261,200 361,237 371,237 
			 St. Helens — — 141,500 141,541 151,541 
			 Staffordshire 826,000 940,000 940,000 1,054,000 1,064,000 
			 Stockport 181,000 206,000 206,000 231,000 241,000 
			 Stockton-on-Tees 410,000 1,227,950 1,230,300 1,336,700 1,346,700 
			 Stoke-on-Trent 148,000 193,000 219,400 264,374 274,374 
			 Suffolk 382,345 416,000 427,600 472,626 482,626 
			 Sunderland 110,904 114,400 273,200 307,574 317,574 
			 Surrey 351,000 413,532 456,100 518,669 528,669 
			 Sutton 41,100 41,100 90,200 131,322 141,322 
			 Swindon 140,400 140,400 140,400 280,800 290,800 
			 Tameside 74,000 96,000 178,000 200,007 210,007 
			 Telford and Wrekin 67,000 67,000 136,400 136,436 146,436 
			 Thurrock 142,296 340,248 340,200 395,903 405,903 
			 Torbay 23,000 — — — 10,000 
			 Tower Hamlets 52,750 52,750 351,700 404,449 414,449 
			 Trafford 32,000 38,400 162,600 168,989 178,989 
			 Wakefield 686,000 728,885 728,900 771,770 781,770 
			 Walsall 555,557 619,700 619,700 712,400 722,400 
			 Waltham Forest 190,413 190,415 198,800 269,225 279,225 
			 Wandsworth 106,000 93,500 169,600 263,101 273,101 
			 Warrington 38,477 52,750 118,100 137,806 147,806 
			 Warwickshire 746,000 876,000 876,000 1,006,000 1,016,000 
			 West Berkshire 195,000 201,050 201,100 207,100 217,100 
			 West Sussex 840,000 917,000 917,000 994,000 1,004,000 
			 Westminster 139,445 181,750 181,800 363,500 373,500 
			 Wigan 164,000 164,000 218,200 218,220 228,220 
			 Wiltshire 278,000 278,000 278,000 278,000 288,000 
			 Windsor and Maidenhead 178,000 178,000 178,000 178,000 188,000 
			 Wirral 412,000 486,400 486,400 560,800 570,800 
			 Wokingham 95,000 190,000 190,000 190,000 200,000 
			 Wolverhampton 111,639 137,000 214,700 282,699 292,699 
			 Worcestershire 820,798 738,500 738,500 887,000 897,000 
			 York 368,000 388,160 388,200 408,320 418,320 
			   
			 Total allocation 35,181,012 40,300,518 50,060,500 59,633,546 61,049,563 
		
	
	
		
			   2004-05  2005-06  2006-07  2007-08 
			 Barking 217,091 227,091 239,645 313,338 
			 Barnet 193,251 203,251 221,105 330,128 
			 Barnsley 216,336 226,336 240,717 326,589 
			 Bath and North East Somerset 187,000 197,000 205,869 254,996 
			 Bedfordshire 533,000 543,000 567,342 719,621 
			 Bexley 210,000 220,000 234,496 321,137 
			 Birmingham 1,554,904 1,564,904 1,638,950 2,122,587 
			 Blackburn with Darwen 410,000 420,000 430,901 493,575 
			 Blackpool 122,293 132,293 141,384 191,990 
			 Bolton 558,500 568,500 586,063 693,147 
			 Bournemouth 81,700 91,700 99,427 140,939 
			 Bracknell Forest 136,760 146,760 152,937 184,119 
			 Bradford 493,306 503,306 537,324 754,109 
			 Brent 254,159 264,159 279,970 375,373 
			 Brighton and Hove 330,580 340,580 352,873 424,827 
			 Bristol 291,541 301,541 322,792 454,469 
			 Bromley 176,838 186,838 204,426 311,678 
			 Buckinghamshire 895,020 905,020 932,575 1,106,272 
			 Bury 130,723 140,723 151,579 213,956 
			 Calderdale 221,546 231,546 244,670 322,160 
			 Cambridgeshire 404,000 414,000 445,654 646,684 
			 Camden 373,500 383,500 391,633 435,854 
			 Cheshire 482,353 492,353 532,294 788,565 
			 Cornwall 518,000 528,000 556,675 737,844 
			 Corporation of London 1,753 6,753 6,906 2,922 
			 Coventry 347,088 357,088 376,184 493,490 
			 Croydon 257,764 267,764 288,647 417,867 
			 Cumbria 633,800 643,800 672,609 854,670 
			 Darlington 177,000 187,000 193,314 225,404 
			 Derby City — 10,000 24,906 114,280 
			 Derbyshire 945,642 955,642 1,000,417 1,288,914 
			 Devon 646,400 591,400 630,692 882,637 
			 Doncaster 768,912 778,912 798,088 915,929 
			 Dorset 244,600 254,600 275,479 404,673 
			 Dudley 581,435 591,435 611,457 734,940 
			 Durham 830,000 840,000 869,763 1,058,180 
			 Ealing 335,508 345,508 363,254 471,560 
			 East Riding of Yorkshire 557,000 567,000 585,968 702,420 
			 East Sussex 935,774 945,774 973,013 1,144,604 
			 Enfield 289,111 299,111 318,242 435,785 
			 Essex 1,122,535 1,132,535 1,211,385 1,727,049 
			 Gateshead 498,590 508,590 520,150 587,218 
			 Gloucestershire 467,176 477,176 510,183 720,231 
			 Greenwich 264,228 274,228 288,735 375,449 
			 Hackney 360,380 370,380 382,824 455,781 
			 Halton 125,429 135,429 143,176 184,819 
			 Hammersmith and Fulham 157,481 167,481 174,384 210,404 
			 Hampshire 1,085,380 1,095,380 1,167,212 1,636,093 
			 Haringey 347,000 357,000 372,013 462,097 
			 Harrow 158,000 168,000 180,577 254,423 
			 Hartlepool — 10,000 16,396 49,040 
			 Havering 160,286 170,286 184,525 269,451 
			 Herefordshire 219,710 229,710 239,210 292,540 
			 Hertfordshire 772,448 782,448 845,173 1,253,337 
			 Hillingdon 203,534 213,534 229,459 325,623 
			 Hounslow 360,000 370,000 382,819 458,278 
			 Isle of Wight 340,800 350,800 358,670 401,137 
			 Isles of Scilly 3,996 4,996 — — 
			 Islington 222,002 232,002 242,297 300,933 
			 Kensington and Chelsea 85,513 95,513 100,471 123,523 
			 Kent 1,129,485 1,139,485 1,221,811 1,760,652 
			 Kingston Upon Thames 143,000 153,000 160,452 200,129 
			 Kingston-upon-Hull 512,000 522,000 538,533 638,750 
			 Kirklees 403,553 413,553 439,232 600,425 
			 Knowsley 276,243 286,243 297,677 363,907 
			 Lambeth 233,044 243,044 256,729 337,961 
			 Lancashire 1,216,889 1,226,889 1,296,567 1,751,088 
			 Leeds 535,454 545,454 588,021 861,802 
			 Leicester City 169,400 179,400 199,208 321,264 
			 Leicestershire 461,000 471,000 507,724 742,550 
			 Lewisham 277,833 287,833 302,880 393,190 
			 Lincolnshire 543,000 553,000 591,587 838,835 
			 Liverpool 594,080 604,080 632,618 812,873 
			 Luton 851,750 861,750 875,288 955,544 
			 Manchester 1,355,000 1,365,000 1,393,696 1,575,001 
			 Medway 209,588 219,588 236,381 338,334 
			 Merton 168,221 178,221 187,180 236,907 
			 Middlesbrough — 10,000 19,771 74,913 
			 Milton Keynes 280,000 290,000 304,042 387,652 
			 Newcastle Upon Tyne 403,926 413,926 428,699 517,185 
			 Newham 513,737 523,737 544,904 676,018 
			 Norfolk 595,195 605,195 650,381 941,617 
			 North East Lincolnshire 309,000 319,000 329,533 389,754 
			 North Lincolnshire 190,000 200,000 209,954 266,313 
			 North Somerset 318,000 328,000 338,840 401,108 
			 North Tyneside 203,983 213,983 225,580 292,893 
			 North Yorkshire 723,000 733,000 765,247 970,225 
			 Northamptonshire 835,000 845,000 885,357 1,144,405 
			 Northumberland 271,243 281,243 299,694 412,697 
			 Nottingham City 323,043 333,043 349,822 451,683 
			 Nottinghamshire 609,365 619,365 664,872 958,255 
			 Oldham 371,655 381,655 397,538 493,425 
			 Oxfordshire 414,000 424,000 456,498 663,150 
			 Peterborough 139,002 149,002 160,417 226,517 
			 Plymouth 172,200 182,200 196,821 284,292 
			 Poole 84,100 94,100 101,149 138,145 
			 Portsmouth 147,000 157,000 167,497 227,475 
			 Reading 150,000 160,000 167,173 204,996 
			 Redbridge 211,511 221,511 237,821 336,552 
			 Redcar and Cleveland — 10,000 19,366 71,807 
			 Richmond Upon Thames 159,600 169,600 177,794 222,421 
			 Rochdale 195,232 205,232 219,721 306,313 
			 Rotherham 620,920 630,920 647,958 751,545 
			 Rutland 20,169 30,169 31,871 33,219 
			 Salford 389,398 399,398 413,383 496,619 
			 Sandwell 753,000 763,000 783,230 908,093 
			 Sefton 596,540 606,540 623,345 725,382 
			 Sheffield 364,293 374,293 404,714 597,518 
			 Shropshire 178,988 188,988 204,947 301,340 
			 Slough 221,000 231,000 238,910 281,643 
			 Solihull 303,000 313,000 326,842 409,122 
			 Somerset 727,450 737,450 766,518 950,305 
			 South Gloucestershire 285,900 295,900 312,364 412,125 
			 South Tyneside 258,000 268,000 277,449 330,443 
			 Southampton 309,100 319,100 331,114 401,208 
			 Southend-on-Sea 208,229 218,229 228,647 288,103 
			 Southwark 361,237 371,237 387,381 485,008 
			 St. Helens 141,541 151,541 162,701 227,099 
			 Staffordshire 1,054,000 1,064,000 1,112,703 1,427,391 
			 Stockport 231,000 241,000 257,594 358,222 
			 Stockton-on-Tees 1,336,700 1,346,700 1,358,613 1,428,033 
			 Stoke-on-Trent 264,374 274,374 289,262 378,512 
			 Suffolk 472,626 482,626 522,168 775,778 
			 Sunderland 307,574 317,574 335,143 442,271 
			 Surrey 518,669 528,669 583,080 935,818 
			 Sutton 131,322 141,322 151,579 209,960 
			 Swindon 280,800 290,800 302,988 374,240 
			 Tameside 200,007 210,007 224,099 308,048 
			 Telford and Wrekin 136,436 146,436 157,542 221,582 
			 Thurrock 395,903 405,903 415,664 470,739 
			 Torbay — 75,000 82,305 121,009 
			 Tower Hamlets 404,449 414,449 430,291 525,905 
			 Trafford 168,989 178,989 191,772 266,992 
			 Wakefield 771,770 781,770 801,883 925,971 
			 Walsall 712,400 722,400 739,951 846,954 
			 Waltham Forest 269,225 279,225 294,064 382,988 
			 Wandsworth 263,101 273,101 284,681 351,884 
			 Warrington 137,806 147,806 160,037 231,579 
			 Warwickshire 1,006,000 1,016,000 1,045,530 1,232,397 
			 West Berkshire 207,100 217,100 225,603 272,293 
			 West Sussex 994,000 1,004,000 1,045,256 1,310,299 
			 Westminster 363,500 373,500 381,138 422,057 
			 Wigan 218,220 228,220 247,329 364,724 
			 Wiltshire 278,000 288,000 313,994 477,287 
			 Windsor and Maidenhead 178,000 188,000 194,582 228,461 
			 Wirral 560,800 570,800 591,175 717,012 
			 Wokingham 190,000 200,000 208,870 258,000 
			 Wolverhampton 282,699 292,699 308,51 1 403,927 
			 Worcestershire 887,000 897,000 927,889 1,123,815 
			 York 408,320 418,320 427,816 481,124 
			— — 
			 Total allocation 59,567,563 61,053,563 64,048,460 82,562,725

Primary Education: Finance

David Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what funding was per primary school pupil for each year from 1995-96 to 2006-07 in  (a) England and  (b) each English local authority area; and if he will make a statement.

Jim Knight: The Department can only provide comparable for the period 1997-98 to 2005-06. The following table sets out the funding per primary pupil in England and by each local authority:
	
		
			  Real terms funding per 3-10 year old pupil for the years 1997-98 to 2005-06 
			   1997-98  1998-99  1999-2000  2000-01  2001-02  2002-03  2003-04  2004-05  2005-06 
			  England 2,480 2,580 2,750 2,990 3,160 3,250 3,450 3,550 3,770 
			 Barking and Dagenham 2,610 2,860 3,010 3,220 3,420 3,600 3,910 4,050 4,240 
			 Barnet 2,690 2,770 2,930 3,100 3,360 3,440 3,720 3,860 4,150 
			 Barnsley 2,340 2,460 2,640 2,870 3,040 3,180 4,400 3,470 3,690 
			 Bath and North East Somerset 2,230 2,350 2,510 2,710 2,850 2,900 3,070 3,140 3,360 
			 Bedfordshire 2,440 2,500 2,650 2,900 3,070 3,130 3,260 3,360 3,560 
			 Bexley 2,540 2,640 2,750 2,930 3,090 3,180 3,400 3,500 3,670 
			 Birmingham 2,550 2,680 2,870 3,150 3,390 3,500 3,730 3,830 4,120 
			 Blackburn with Darwen 2,490 2,650 2,910 3,170 3,330 3,440 3,760 3,850 4,090 
			 Blackpool 2,410 2,520 2,680 2,920 3,040 3,180 3,380 3,480 3,670 
			 Bolton 2,300 2,420 2,620 2,880 3,020 3,100 3,310 3,420 3,720 
			 Bournemouth 2,530 2,540 2,670 2,900 2,980 3,010 3,140 3,220 3,400 
			 Bracknell Forest 2,570 2,640 2,760 2,950 3,120 3,190 3,310 3,390 3,610 
			 Bradford 2,440 2,570 2,770 3,060 3,320 3,400 3,590 3,700 3,950 
			 Brent 3,080 3,190 3,390 3,580 3,830 4,010 4,270 4,440 4,720 
			 Brighton and Hove 2,600 2,680 2,860 3,100 3,270 3,350 3,500 3,610 3,760 
			 Bristol, City of 2,400 2,480 2,660 2,890 3,070 3,220 3,400 3,550 3,800 
			 Bromley 2,560 2,670 2,820 3,020 3,190 3,250 3,380 3,490 3,690 
			 Buckinghamshire 2,520 2,550 2,720 2,930 3,090 3,160 3,300 3,410 3,600 
			 Bury 2,220 2,370 2,550 2,760 2,920 3,000 3,210 3,320 3,530 
			 Calderdale 2,290 2,420 2,630 2,870 3,020 3,090 3,330 3,430 3,660 
			 Cambridgeshire 2,300 2,410 2,590 2,790 2,920 2,980 3,220 3,340 3,530 
			 Camden 3,700 3,670 3,960 4,280 4,580 4,750 5,140 5,380 5,590 
			 Cheshire 2,270 2,350 2,510 2,720 2,870 2,920 3,100 3,190 3,410 
			 Cornwall 2,310 2,510 2,680 2,900 3,070 3,130 3,300 3,370 3,570 
			 Coventry 2,420 2,580 2,760 3,000 3,150 3,210 3,420 3,560 3,820 
			 Croydon 2,800 2,850 3,030 3,220 3,410 3,510 3,660 3,800 3,990 
			 Cumbria 2,160 2,380 2,560 2,810 3,000 3,050 3,310 3,400 3,620 
			 Darlington 2,270 2,380 2,580 2,830 2,990 3,030 3,260 3,400 3,640 
			 Derby 2,410 2,540 2,750 2,960 3,090 3,200 3,370 3,490 3,700 
			 Derbyshire 2,240 2,350 2,520 2,740 2,870 2,950 3,150 3,230 3,450 
			 Devon 2,480 2,540 2,650 2,860 3,000 3,060 3,250 3,320 3,510 
			 Doncaster 2,350 2,470 2,650 2,880 3,020 3,130 3,450 3,540 3,760 
			 Dorset 2,420 2,450 2,600 2,800 2,930 2,980 3,100 3,190 3,360 
			 Dudley 2,100 2,300 2,470 2,670 2,820 2,900 3,110 3,210 3,480 
			 Durham 2,280 2,410 2,580 2,850 3,090 3,130 3,330 3,430 3,700 
			 Ealing 2,750 2,950 3,150 3,400 3,640 3,750 4,100 4,260 4,570 
			 East Riding of Yorkshire 2,230 2,360 2,530 2,770 2,930 2,960 3,150 3,230 3,440 
			 East Sussex 2,520 2,610 2,780 3,020 3,180 3,230 3,370 3,490 3,670 
			 Enfield 2,770 2,890 3,090 3,290 3,500 3,670 3,870 4,020 4,190 
			 Essex 2,530 2,590 2,730 2,950 3,120 3,180 3,340 3,450 3,620 
			 Gateshead 2,220 2,470 2,640 2,890 3,100 3,220 3,470 3,550 3,740 
			 Gloucestershire 2,340 2,430 2,600 2,820 2,960 3,020 3,150 3,210 3,420 
			 Greenwich 3,270 3,340 3,620 3,960 4,190 4,330 4,620 4,770 5,100 
			 Hackney 3,850 3,870 4,210 4,520 4,750 4,960 5,300 5,440 5,810 
			 Halton 2,460 2,550 2,740 3,000 3,240 3,370 3,610 3,730 3,960 
			 Hammersmith and Fulham 3,620 3,640 3,900 4,240 4,510 4,790 5,040 5,230 5,410 
			 Hampshire 2,390 2,470 2,600 2,810 2,990 3,050 3,200 3,290 3,450 
			 Haringey 3,190 3,290 3,570 3,850 4,130 4,290 4,490 4,670 4,850 
			 Harrow 2,670 2,740 2,900 3,120 3,300 3,390 3,720 3,870 4,130 
			 Hartlepool 2,330 2,460 2,630 2,840 3,020 3,160 3,490 3,600 3,850 
			 Havering 2,520 2,630 2,750 2,930 3,120 3,190 3,360 3,460 3,640 
			 Herefordshire 2,510 2,550 2,700 2,910 3,040 3,120 3,400 3,490 3,700 
			 Hertfordshire 2,490 2,550 2,680 2,900 3,060 3,110 3,290 3,390 3,530 
			 Hillingdon 2,690 2,780 2,960 3,140 3,250 3,330 3,630 3,780 4,030 
			 Hounslow 2,770 2,880 3,090 3,320 3,500 3,690 4,040 4,160 4,440 
			 Isle of Wight 2,570 2,680 2,840 3,070 3,240 3,300 3,420 3,530 3,700 
			 Islington 3,520 3,650 3,920 4,340 4,640 4,800 5,080 5,280 5,600 
			 Kensington and Chelsea 3,540 3,600 3,990 4,360 4,720 5,050 5,240 5,440 5,600 
			 Kent 2,480 2,580 2,740 2,960 3,130 3,200 3,330 3,460 3,600 
			 Kingston Upon Hull, City of 2,510 2,580 2,770 3,030 3,200 3,340 3,580 3,680 3,900 
			 Kingston upon Thames 2,490 2,580 2,740 2,970 3,190 3,240 3,410 3,520 3,780 
			 Kirklees 2,330 2,460 2,670 2,890 3,070 3,160 3,390 3,520 3,750 
			 Knowsley 2,640 2,790 2,980 3,300 3,580 3,700 3,860 3,950 4,140 
			 Lambeth 3,870 3,910 4,170 4,470 4,680 4,900 5,160 5,350 5,600 
			 Lancashire 2,340 2,460 2,630 2,870 3,030 3,090 3,250 3,360 3,570 
			 Leeds 2,310 2,420 2,580 2,840 3,070 3,170 3,350 3,430 3,640 
			 Leicester 2,560 2,680 2,890 3,110 3,260 3,410 3,730 3,850 4,080 
			 Leicestershire 2,300 2,360 2,510 2,710 2,850 2,880 2,990 3,090 3,260 
			 Lewisham 3,550 3,600 3,830 4,100 4,350 4,540 4,800 4,900 5,230 
			 Lincolnshire 2,330 2,450 2,600 2,820 2,980 3,060 3,260 3,350 3,570 
			 Liverpool 2,620 2,760 2,940 3,300 3,550 3,650 3,790 3,880 4,070 
			 Luton 2,750 2,760 2,960 3,180 3,340 3,470 3,700 3,810 4,040 
			 Manchester 2,730 2,850 3,090 3,470 3,720 3,820 4,040 4,120 4,330 
			 Medway 2,460 2,550 2,720 2,930 3,080 3,170 3,260 3,350 3,500 
			 Merton 2,700 2,740 2,920 3,180 3,430 3,420 3,720 3,860 4,130 
			 Middlesbrough 2,470 2,620 2,830 3,060 3,270 3,450 3,700 3,890 4,160 
			 Milton Keynes 2,690 2,650 2,800 3,020 3,190 3,260 3,430 3,560 3,770 
			 Newcastle upon Tyne 2,640 2,620 2,800 3,060 3,260 3,380 3,620 3,720 3,940 
			 Newham 3,280 3,380 3,570 3,780 4,050 4,210 4,470 4,610 4,870 
			 Norfolk 2,430 2,500 2,660 2,890 3,060 3,130 3,300 3,420 3,610 
			 North East Lincolnshire 2,370 2,500 2,690 2,930 3,120 3,190 3,350 3,450 3,690 
			 North Lincolnshire 2,320 2,500 2,680 2,870 2,990 3,050 3,310 3,400 3,650 
			 North Somerset 2,290 2,400 2,580 2,780 2,890 2,940 3,120 3,200 3,420 
			 North Tyneside 2,230 2,340 2,510 2,750 2,920 3,080 3,300 3,370 3,550 
			 North Yorkshire 2,300 2,410 2,590 2,820 2,970 3,030 3,270 3,340 3,540 
			 Northamptonshire 2,280 2,380 2,560 2,760 2,900 2,970 3,200 3,280 3,490 
			 Northumberland 2,250 2,380 2,540 2,760 2,930 2,980 3,230 3,330 3,580 
			 Nottingham 2,670 2,750 2,970 3,220 3,400 3,570 3,720 3,870 4,170 
			 Nottinghamshire 2,340 2,370 2,520 2,760 2,900 2,960 3,120 3,200 3,400 
			 Oldham 2,360 2,480 2,710 2,940 3,090 3,270 3,500 3,630 3,890 
			 Oxfordshire 2,540 2,580 2,730 2,950 3,110 3,170 3,330 3,430 3,610 
			 Peterborough 2,480 2,590 2,800 3,020 3,160 3,250 3,480 3,620 3,830 
			 Plymouth 2,510 2,570 2,690 2,890 3,020 3,100 3,210 3,290 3,500 
			 Poole 2,440 2,420 2,540 2,720 2,850 2,900 3,000 3,030 3,260 
			 Portsmouth 2,550 2,650 2,810 3,010 3,220 3,300 3,440 3,560 3,730 
			 Reading 2,510 2,660 2,810 3,050 3,210 3,380 3,580 3,740 4,000 
			 Redbridge 2,770 2,830 2,970 3,130 3,290 3,370 3,590 3,730 3,940 
			 Redcar and Cleveland 2,330 2,450 2,620 2,850 3,090 3,210 3,460 3,590 3,790 
			 Richmond upon Thames 2,630 2,610 2,760 2,980 3,160 3,210 3,370 3,500 3,720 
			 Rochdale 2,380 2,510 2,720 2,970 3,140 3,330 3,520 3,660 3,930 
			 Rotherham 2,360 2,440 2,620 2,890 3,110 3,190 3,420 3,490 3,690 
			 Rutland 2,280 2,390 2,590 2,770 2,960 2,990 3,220 3,310 3,590 
			 Salford 2,380 2,530 2,720 3,030 3,300 3,380 3,600 3,690 3,930 
			 Sandwell 2,380 2,550 2,740 2,950 3,130 3,250 3,520 3,650 3,910 
			 Sefton 2,300 2,430 2,590 2,840 3,010 3,130 3,320 3,390 3,580 
			 Sheffield 2,420 2,500 2,690 2,990 3,180 3,230 3,430 3,520 3,700 
			 Shropshire 2,400 2,450 2,620 2,830 2,990 3,040 3,250 3,350 3,570 
			 Slough 2,820 3,040 3,210 3,430 3,620 3,730 3,980 4,130 4,320 
			 Solihull 2,180 2,320 2,450 2,620 2,760 2,840 3,130 3,200 3,400 
			 Somerset 2,350 2,440 2,620 2,830 2,980 3,040 3,190 3,290 3,460 
			 South Gloucestershire 2,200 2,330 2,500 2,680 2,800 2,850 3,010 3,090 3,300 
			 South Tyneside 2,370 2,500 2,690 2,960 3,170 3,290 3,580 3,700 3,890 
			 Southampton 2,590 2,690 2,840 3,070 3,250 3,330 3,520 3,640 3,850 
			 Southend-on-Sea 2,600 2,640 2,790 3,020 3,200 3,250 3,400 3,510 3,690 
			 Southwark 3,570 3,660 3,930 4,210 4,460 4,650 4,850 4,970 5,370 
			 St. Helens 2,300 2,410 2,570 2,800 3,030 3,170 3,420 3,510 3,690 
			 Staffordshire 2,210 2,300 2,450 2,650 2,790 2,810 3,040 3,130 3,330 
			 Stockport 2,200 2,300 2,470 2,690 2,850 2,900 3,100 3,190 3,390 
			 Stockton-on-Tees 2,290 2,400 2,560 2,840 3,070 3,200 3,440 3,530 3,700 
			 Stoke-on-Trent 2,320 2,420 2,590 2,850 3,070 3,210 3,480 3,590 3,820 
			 Suffolk 2,410 2,440 2,580 2,780 2,910 2,960 3,110 3,220 3,410 
			 Sunderland 2,330 2,450 2,600 2,850 3,040 3,170 3,430 3,540 3,750 
			 Surrey 2,500 2,560 2,700 2,900 3,060 3,120 3,270 3,350 3,570 
			 Sutton 2,720 2,740 2,890 3,060 3,240 3,300 3,460 3,590 3,750 
			 Swindon 2,460 2,450 2,570 2,770 2,910 2,950 3,180 3,270 3,490 
			 Tameside 2,270 2,390 2,560 2,790 3,000 3,090 3,290 3,420 3,610 
			 Telford and Wrekin 2,450 2,530 2,690 2,940 3,110 3,130 3,320 3,410 3,630 
			 Thurrock 2,700 2,760 2,910 3,120 3,290 3,380 3,550 3,680 3,820 
			 Torbay 2,520 2,540 2,660 2,880 3,000 3,030 3,180 3,260 3,450 
			 Tower Hamlets 3,690 3,850 4,240 4,510 4,830 5,050 5,460 5,600 6,020 
			 Trafford 2,250 2,340 2,510 2,720 2,900 2,930 3,160 3,220 3,460 
			 Wakefield 2,270 2,350 2,520 2,760 2,930 3,010 3,210 3,300 3,590 
			 Walsall 2,270 2,410 2,600 2,850 3,010 3,070 3,300 3,420 3,730 
			 Waltham Forest 3,090 3,130 3,320 3,560 3,810 3,960 4,100 4,270 4,440 
			 Wandsworth 3,280 3,330 3,570 3,820 4,060 4,140 4,500 4,610 4,940 
			 Warrington 2,240 2,320 2,450 2,660 2,820 2,880 3,030 3,100 3,310 
			 Warwickshire 2,240 2,370 2,540 2,740 2,880 2,960 3,170 3,260 3,450 
			 West Berkshire 2,330 2,470 2,600 2,850 3,030 3,050 3,320 3,410 3,680 
			 West Sussex 2,540 2,540 2,660 2,860 3,030 3,110 3,260 3,340 3,510 
			 Westminster 3,540 3,540 3,860 4,140 4,400 4,620 4,970 5,100 5,340 
			 Wigan 2,250 2,360 2,540 2,760 2,920 2,980 3,200 3,310 3,520 
			 Wiltshire 2,380 2,460 2,610 2,810 2,950 3,010 3,240 3,310 3,510 
			 Windsor and Maidenhead 2,510 2,610 2,750 2,990 3,180 3,210 3,350 3,450 3,670 
			 Wirral 2,330 2,530 2,680 2,910 3,120 3,270 3,420 3,500 3,680 
			 Wokingham 2,320 2,400 2,510 2,730 2,900 2,980 3,170 3,260 3,530 
			 Wolverhampton 2,410 2,530 2,750 3,020 3,180 3,350 3,530 3,660 3,900 
			 Worcestershire 2,420 2,400 2,510 2,720 2,860 2,900 3,030 3,120 3,330 
			 York 2,250 2,360 2,520 2,730 2,860 2,910 3,030 3,120 3,330 
			  Notes: 1. Price Base: Real terms at 2005-06 prices, based on GDP deflators as at 27.09.06 2. Figures reflect relevant sub-blocks of Standard Spending Assessment/Education Formula Spending (EFS) settlements and exclude the pensions transfer to EFS. 3. Total funding also includes all revenue grants in DfES Departmental Expenditure Limits relevant to pupils aged 3-10 and exclude Education Maintenance Allowances (EMAs) and grants not allocated at LEA level. For those authorities in receipt of advance of grant under the transitional support arrangements for 2004-05, advance grant funding is included in the year of payment (2004-05). There will be a consequential reduction in DfES grant for these LEAs in future years (either 2006-07 and 2007-08 or 2006-07 to 2008-09, depending on the terms on which the advance was given to the LEA). 4. The pupil numbers used to convert m figures to per pupil are those underlying the SSA/EFS settlement calculations plus PLASC 3 year old maintained pupils and estimated 3-4 year olds funded through state support in maintained and other educational institutions where these are not included in the SSA pupil numbers. 5. Rounding: Figures are rounded to the nearest 10. 6. 1997-98 figures for authorities subject to Local Government Reorganisation in that year have been estimated, pro-rata to their post LGR figures. 7. The introduction of the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG) in 2006-07 means that consistent figures are not available for 2006-07 onwards. 8. The (DSG) fundamentally changed how Local Authorities are funded. Previously, authorities funding was based on Education Formula Spending (EFS) which formed the education part of the Local Government Finance Settlement, plus various grants. This was an assessment of what local authorities needed to fund education rather than what they spent. In 2006-07 funding for schools changed with the introduction of the DSG which is based largely on an authority's previous spending. 9. In addition, DSG has a different coverage to EFS: EFS comprised a schools block and an LEA block (to cover LEA central functions) whereas DSG only covers the school block. LEA block items are still funded through DCLG's Local Government Finance Settlement but education items cannot be separately identified.

Pupils: Vaccination

Julie Morgan: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what plans he has to meet ministerial colleagues in the Department of Health to discuss a schools-based national human papilloma virus immunisation programme.

Jim Knight: I refer my hon. Friend to the answer given by my hon. Friend the Minister of State for Health on 12 December 2006,  Official Report, column 1031W.

Schools: Standards

Lindsay Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many  (a) primary and  (b) secondary schools failed Ofsted inspections in each of the past 10 years; and if he will make a statement.

Jim Knight: This question is a matter for Ofsted and their HMCI Christine Gilbert has written to my hon. Friend with the information requested. A copy of the response has been placed in the House Library.
	 Letter from Christine Gilbert, dated 22 February 2007:
	Your recent parliamentary question has been passed to me, as her Majesty's Chief Inspector, for reply.
	You asked the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary schools failed Ofsted inspections in each of the past 10 years; and if he would make a statement.
	I have interpreted 'failed' to mean those categorised as requiring special measures. I set out below a table showing the number of schools placed in special measures since 1997.
	
		
			   Primary  Secondary  Special  Pru  Total 
			 1997-98 210 43 32 5 290 
			 1998-99 142 29 17 6 (1)194 
			 1999-2000 168 38 16 8 230 
			 2000-01 100 23 9 5 137 
			 2001-02 94 19 10 6 129 
			 2002-03 99 35 18 8 160 
			 2003-04 130 61 13 9 213 
			 2004-05 55 37 9 2 103 
			 2005-06 117 32 2 13 164 
			 (1)Figure revised from that published in the annual report of Her Majesty Chief Inspector of Schools for that year. 
		
	
	A copy of this reply has been sent to Jim Knight MP, Minister of State for Schools, and will be placed in the Library of both Houses.

Sure Start and Early Years Programmes

Jamie Reed: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many children in Copeland have participated in the Sure Start and Early Years programmes since their introduction; what targets are used to monitor the effects of the programmes; and what performance has been against those targets.

Beverley Hughes: The Sure Start Children's Centres targets are expressed in terms of the number of children we expect centres to be reaching. Copeland has four designated children's centres reaching 1,753 children under five: Cleator Moor, Frizington Nursery and Early Excellence Centre, Millom and Whitehaven. Nationally, over 800,000 children and their families now have the opportunity to access children's centre services; significant progress in our target to have a children's centre for every community by 2010.
	Our Planning and Performance Management Guidance for children's centres, issued last November, includes key performance indicators and a self-evaluation process for children's centres to use in discussion with their local authority and the local community. The performance indicators relate to: Foundation Stage profile results; child obesity; mothers initiating breastfeeding; children in workless households; teenage mothers in education, employment or training; access for the most excluded groups; and parental satisfaction.
	We have contracted with the Together for Children (TfC) Consortium to challenge and support local authorities in the light of progress against the national indicators drawing on local level data to demonstrate children's centres progress and performance.

Departments: Equal Opportunities

Lorely Burt: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps her Department has taken to implement the Race Equality Duty since 2000.

Angela Smith: Following the introduction of the race duties, the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister ODPM) (the predecessor department to Communities and Local Government) published a Race Equality scheme (RES) in May 2003 and a revised and updated RES in April 2006.
	The latest RES covers the period 2005-08 and is accessible on the departmental website. It sets out in detail how we have implemented the Race Equality Duty. This includes information on how we:
	assess, and consult on, the likely impact proposed policies will have on promoting race equality;
	monitor policies for any adverse impact on promoting race equality;
	publish the results of assessments, consultation, and monitoring;
	make sure the public have access to information and services; and
	train staff to carry out the general duty and the specific duties.
	In 2006, ODPM carried out race equality impact assessments of a number of key policies and programmes and rolled out training, developed in line with Commission for Racial Equality (CRE) guidance. Regulatory impact of any new policy must now include consideration of race equality.
	The Department has introduced a specific competency relating to diversity, applicable at all levels of the fire and rescue service and is developing systems of recruitment and selection which are being tested for adverse impact. Furthermore, funding has been allocated to support initiatives to address homelessness levels within ethnic minority groups.
	Following the machinery of Government changes in May 2006, Communities and Local Government will be publishing a new RES 2007, in line with the functions and role of the new department. This will include employment monitoring data and a commitment to undertake progress reviews at regular intervals.
	The Department leads on the Equalities Review , the Discrimination Law Review and the preparations for the Commission for Equality and Human Rights.

Equal Opportunities: Age

David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will consult on proposals to introduce a ban on age discrimination in the provision of goods, facilities and services.

Meg Munn: The Government are considering whether there is a case for introducing legislation to prohibit harmful age discrimination in the provision of goods, facilities and services as part of the Discrimination Law Review. The proposals emerging from the review will be published in a green paper for public consultation shortly.

Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse

Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many admissions via accident and emergency to NHS hospitals in England for alcohol-related conditions there were in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement.

Caroline Flint: The following table lists the admissions via accident and emergency (A and E) to national health service hospitals in England for alcohol-related conditions in each year since 1997. The Government are committed to tackling alcohol related harm through the implementation of the alcohol harm reduction strategy for England which was published in March 2004. This work includes the £3.2 million identification and brief advice trailblazer programme aimed at hazardous and harmful drinkers which was launched in October 2006. A number of trailblazers will be placed in accident and emergency departments.
	All diagnosis count of finished in year admission episodes admitted via accident and emergency departments for alcohol-related illness for 1997-98 to 2005-06.
	
		
			   Total 
			 1997-98 75,863 
			 1998-99 76,665 
			 1999-2000 82,073 
			 2000-01 80,801 
			 2001-02 85,256 
			 2002-03 89,942 
			 2003-04 106,756 
			 2004-05 127,143 
			 2005-06 148,477 
			  Notes:  Finished in-year admissions.  A finished in-year admission is the first period of in-patient care under one consultant within one health care provider, excluding admissions beginning before 1 April at the start of the datayear. Please note that admissions do not represent the number of in-patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the year.  Data Quality Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) are compiled from data sent by over 300 NHS trusts and primary care trusts in England. The Information Centre for health and social care liaises closely with these organisations to encourage submission of complete and valid data and seeks to minimise inaccuracies and the effect of missing and invalid data via HES processes. While this brings about improvement over time, some shortcomings remain.  Ungrossed Data Figures have not been adjusted for shortfalls in data (i.e. the data are ungrossed). Diagnosis codes F10 Mental and Behavioural Disorders Due to Use of Alcohol; K70 Alcoholic Liver Disease; T51 Toxic Effect of Alcohol These figures represent a count of all finished in year admission episodes where the method of admission was coded as emergency: via accident and emergency services, including the casualty department of the provider; or emergency: other means, including patients who arrive via the A and E department of another provider.  Source:  Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), The Information Centre for Health and social care.

Breast Cancer: Waiting Lists

Michael Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of women were examined by a breast cancer specialist within two weeks of a referral from their general practitioner in the last 12 months for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement.

Rosie Winterton: The percentage of women with suspected breast cancer seen by a specialist within two weeks of urgent referral by their general practitioner in the last 12 months is shown in the following table.
	
		
			  Breast cancer percentage of women seen by a specialist within two weeks of urgent referral in England 
			  Quarter   Number of patients seen  Percentage 
			 Q3 2005-06 33,424 99.9 
			 Q4 2005-06 33,071 99.9 
			 Q1 2006-07 34,710 100 
			 Q2 2006-07 33,078 100 
			  Note: Further data on cancer waiting times performance is available on the Department's website at www.performance.doh.gov.uk/cancerwaits

Cervical Cancer: Vaccination

John Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what conclusion the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation reached at its meeting on 14 February 2007 on the implementation of a national human papilloma virus immunisation programme; and if she will immediately publish the minutes of that meeting.

Caroline Flint: The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) noted the progress being made by the JCVI subgroup on human papilloma virus (HPV). The work of the HPV sub-group will continue its work and report back to the main JCVI.
	The minutes of the JCVI meeting will be made available on the website within three months of the main committee meetings.

Dental Services

Andrew Murrison: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate she has made of the effect of the new dental contract on  (a) numbers of people with access to NHS dentistry,  (b) levels of NHS dental activity,  (c) numbers of patients treated and  (d) levels of inequality in oral health.

Rosie Winterton: The Information Centre for health and social care publishes information each quarter on the number of patients receiving care or treatment from national health service dental services in the last 24 months. The information for the 24-month periods ending March, June and September 2006 is set out as follows. It suggests access has remained broadly stable over this transitional period.
	
		
			  Number of patients seen in the two years ending 31 March, 30 June and 30 September 2006 (including orthodontic activity)—England 
			  2006  Patients seen  Patients seen per 1,000 population 
			 March 28,144,599 558 
			 June 28,068,025 557 
			 September 28,083,591 557 
		
	
	NHS dental activity is measured through units of dental activity, which are a weighted measure of the number of courses of treatment provided. The latest published information on primary care trust (PCT) dental commissioning shows that, as at 30 November, PCTs had commissioned services that will, over a full year, provide 78.6 million units of dental activity.
	It is not possible to make a precise comparison with courses of treatment provided in previous years, but our best estimate is that the courses of treatment provided in 2005-06 would have equated to some76.7 million units of dental activity. It will not be possible to measure the full impact on access or levels of activity until all of these newly commissioned services are operational.
	It is too early to assess the impact of the dental reforms on inequalities in oral health. The main factors affecting oral health are exposure to fluoride, oral hygiene, and diet and nutrition. However, the new contracts are designed to allow more time for preventative advice. The new system of local commissioning also gives PCTs greater flexibility to match services to local needs. There are already several examples of PCTs that have set up new dental practices in areas of greater oral health need.

Dental Services

Andrew Murrison: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many  (a) dentists and  (b) whole-time equivalent dentists provided NHS services in each month since 1997.

Rosie Winterton: The numbers of dentists listed to carry out national health service work as at 31 March in each of the years from 1997 to 2006 are set out in the first table. This information is drawn from the 'National Health Service (NHS) Dental Activity and Workforce Report, England, 31 March 2006', published in August 2006 by The Information Centre for health and social care.
	The Information Centre for health and social care now publishes quarterly data on the numbers of dentists on open NHS contracts. Data as at 30 June and 30 September 2006 are set out in the second table.
	This more recent information is based on the new NHS dental contractual arrangements between providers and primary care trusts (PCTs), introduced on 1 April 2006. Earlier data are based on the old contractual arrangements for principal dentists and are not directly comparable.
	The amount of NHS work carried out during a particular year or quarter will vary between dentists. Information is not available on a whole time basis.
	
		
			  General dental services (CDS) and personal dental services (PDS): numbers of CDS and PDS dentists in England as at 31 March each year 
			   Number 
			 1997 16,470 
			 1998 16,932 
			 1999 17,475 
			 2000 17,988 
			 2001 18,353 
			 2002 18,657 
			 2003 18,801 
			 2004 19,026 
			 2005 19,797 
			 2006 21,111 
		
	
	
		
			  Numbers of dentists on open NHS contracts in England as at 30 June and 30 September 2006 
			   Number 
			 30 June 2006 19,462 
			 30 September 2006 20,285 
			  Source: The Information Centre for health and social care NHS Business Services Authority (BSA)

Dental Services: Children

Lindsay Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many and what percentage of children in Chorley constituency are registered with an NHS dentist.

Rosie Winterton: The latest information available on patients (children) registered was published in August 2006 at primary care trust (PCT) level by The Information Centre for health and social care as part of the national health service dental activity and workforce report March 2006. Chorley and South Ribble PCT area covers four parliamentary constituency areas, which are Chorley, Preston, Ribble Valley and South Ribble. Please note that the PCT and strategic health authority (SHA) boundaries have changed since March 2006.
	Registration data no longer forms part of the new contract information, instead the new measure is patients seen within the last 24 months. Data showing patients seen split by adult and child will be published for the first time by The Information Centre for health and social care as part of the quarter three publication due for release in March 2007.
	
		
			  General dental services (GDS) and personal dental services (PDS): Children registered and proportion of children registered with a dentist, by specific PCT, SHA, and England as at 31 March 2006 
			   Children registered  Proportion of children registered 
			 England 7,044,134 64 
			 Cumbria and Lancashire SHA 261,416 61 
			 Chorley and South Ribble PCT 30,079 66 
			  Notes: 1. The postcode of the dental practice was used to allocate dentists to specific geographic areas. PCT and SHA areas have been defined using the Office for National Statistics all fields postcode directory. The PCT and SHA boundaries used are as at 31 March 2006. 2. Dentists consist of principals, assistant and trainees. Information on NHS dentistry in the community dental service, in hospitals and in prisons are excluded. 3. The data in this report are based on NHS dentists on PCT lists. These details were passed on to the BSA who paid dentists based on activity undertaken. A dentist can provide as little or as much NHS treatment as he or she chooses or has agreed with the PCT. In some cases an NHS dentist may appear on a PCT list but not perform any NHS work in that period. Most NHS dentists do some private work. The data does not take into account the proportion of NHS work undertaken by dentists. 4. Data have been estimated using Office for National Statistics 2004 mid-year population estimates based on the 2001 Census as these were the latest available at the time of publication.  Sources: The Information Centre for health and social care NHS Business Services Authority (BSA) Office for National Statistics

Fertility: Misconduct

David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many fertility clinics in  (a) London,  (b) Essex and  (c) England and Wales were investigated by (i) regulators and (ii) police following allegations of malpractice in each year since 2000; and how many are being investigated in such circumstances.

Caroline Flint: Fertility clinics that provide in vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment, treatment using donor embryos and gametes and the storage of embryos and gametes are regulated by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA). The HFEA routinely inspects licensed clinics and follows up any potential breaches of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 or its code of practice. The Healthcare Commission also inspects establishments offering fertility treatment services.
	I am informed by the HFEA that since 2000 there have been four licensed fertility clinics in Englandand Wales where the allegations investigated could have led to the revocation of the establishment's licence or prosecution of the person responsible. Two investigations have been completed. The remaining two, in London, are ongoing. There have been no similar investigations of clinics in Essex.
	Since it came into operation in 2004, the Healthcare Commission has undertaken one investigation of a complaint about a fertility clinic. This is an ongoing investigation in London.
	Details of investigations undertaken by the police are not held centrally by the Department.

Health Education: Drugs

David Burrowes: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the annual budget is for education programmes on  (a) drugs and  (b) alcohol in each year since 2004.

Caroline Flint: The FRANK drug information campaign was launched in May 2003, providing young people and their families with advice and information about drug misuse. The campaign is administered and funded jointly by the Department, the Home Office and the Department for Education and Skills (DfES). The joint total spend across the whole campaign, is shown in the following table.
	
		
			   £ million 
			 2003-04 4.25 
			 2004-05 4.3 
			 2005-06 6.17 
			 2006-07 (1)9.18 
			 (1 )Estimated 
		
	
	The Department and the Home Office jointly will spend £3.77 million in 2006-07 on the 'Know your Limits' campaign, which seeks to prevent binge drinking. This campaign began in 2006-07.
	DfES is responsible for the funding of education programmes in schools and we do not hold information on this.

Health Services: Eastbourne

Nigel Waterson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was spent on health care per capita in Eastbourne in each of the last 10 years.

Caroline Flint: Expenditure data are not normally available at a constituency level as this rarely coincides with the boundaries of individual health bodies. Data at individual health body level are retained for seven years and therefore data for 1996-97 is not now available.
	The following table shows the total expenditure per head by organisations within the Surrey and Sussex strategic health authority area (£) for the period 1997-98 to 2005-06.
	
		
			   Expenditure per head (£) 
			 1997-98 618.46 
			 1998-99 656.23 
			 1999-2000 780.67 
			 2000-01 815.77 
			 2001-02 903.64 
			 2002-03 960.55 
			 2003-04 1,097.02 
			 2004-05 1,181.31 
			 2005-06 1,260.91 
			  Notes: 1. Expenditure by strategic health authority area is taken as the total expenditure of the strategic health authority, predecessor health authorities and primary care trusts within the strategic health authority area. 2. Expenditure shown does not include all NHS expenditure within the area. Expenditure on general dental services and pharmaceutical services accounted for by the Dental Practice Board and Prescription Pricing Authority, respectively, are excluded. This expenditure cannot be included within the figures for the individual health bodies as they are not included in commissioner accounts.  Sources: Audited accounts of relevant health authorities 1997-98 to 2001-02 audited summarisation forms of Surrey and Sussex strategic health authority 2002-03 to 2005-06 audited summarisation schedules of relevant primary care trusts 2000-01 to 2005-06 Office of National Statistics unweighted population figures.

Health Services: Kent

Adam Holloway: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what forecast she has made of the financial positions of  (a) Dartford and Gravesend primary care trust (PCT), (b) Medway PCT and (c) West Kent PCT at the end of the 2006-07 financial year.

Caroline Flint: The table shows the forecast outturn for 2006-07 at month six for Dartford Gravesham and Swanley primary care trust (PCT) and Medway PCT. The figures for West Kent PCT are not yet available.
	
		
			  Organisation name  2006-07 month six forecast outturn surplus/(deficit) 
			 Dartford, Gravesham and Swanley PCT (15,054) 
			 Medway PCT (3,045) 
			  Source: NHS financial performance quarter two 2006-07.

Home Births

Brian Jenkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many home births there were in England in each of the last six years.

Ivan Lewis: Information on the number of home deliveries for the years 1999-2000 to 2004-05 is shown in the following table. This information is taken from "National Health Service Maternity Statistics, England: 2004-05". A copy has been placed in the Library.
	
		
			  Number of home deliveries—1999-2000 to 2004-05 
			   Number of home deliveries 
			 1999-2000 12,500 
			 2000-01 11,600 
			 2001-02 11,700 
			 2002-02 12,100 
			 2003-04 12,900 
			 2004-05 13,700

Hospital Building

Graham Stuart: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what major hospital building projects have been approved in the last 12 months, broken down by parliamentary constituency; and if she will make a statement.

Andy Burnham: The lists details schemes with a capital value of over £58.7 million (the threshold conventionally used to denote a major scheme at 2006-07 prices)
	
		
			  Schemes which were approved in August 2006 to proceed to the next stage following the private finance initiative review 
			  £ million 
			  Constituency  National health service trust  Capital value 
			 Newcastle-Under-Lyme University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS trust 272 
			 Torbay South Devon Healthcare NHS Trust 163 
			 Salford Salford Royal Hospitals NHS Trust 190 
			 Denton and Redditch Tameside and Glossop Acute Services NHS trust 109 
			 Walsall South Walsall Hospitals NHS trust 141 
			 Leicester East University Hospital Leicester NHS trust 711 
		
	
	
		
			  Schemes which had full business cases approved, signed contracts and begun construction 
			  £ million 
			  Constituency  National health service trust  Capital value 
			 Haltemprice and Howden Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS trust 67 
			 St. Helens North and St Helens Hospitals NHS trust 338 
			 St. Helens South Birmingham, Edgbaston University Hospital Birmingham NHS trust 627 
			 Bethnell Green and Bow St. Barts and the London NHS trust 1000 
			 Holborn and St Pancras Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS trust 75 
			 Bristol West United Bristol Healthcare NHS Trust and North Bristol NHS trust 64 
			 Notes: These are the constituencies principally affected by the scheme, for example, those containing a significant element of new build or refurbishment.

Mentally Ill: Greater London

Jeremy Corbyn: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average spending was  (a) per head of the population and  (b) per patient of each mental health trust in London in the latest period for which figures are available.

Rosie Winterton: holding answer 19 February 2007
	The information requested by the hon. Member is not available in the required format. Information on expenditure per head by primary care trust in London on commissioning of secondary mental illness services is shown in the table.
	Expenditure per head by primary care trusts (PCTs) in London on the commissioning of secondary mental illness services is shown in the following table.
	
		
			   £ 
			 Barking And Dagenham PCT 153.91 
			 Barnet PCT 107.55 
			 Bexley Care PCT 127.59 
			 Brent Teaching PCT 199.93 
			 Bromley PCT 125.30 
			 Camden PCT 214.52 
			 City And Hackney Teaching PCT 249.49 
			 Croydon PCT 111.14 
			 Haling PCT 185.29 
			 Enfield PCT 150.11 
			 Greenwich Teaching PCT 202.57 
			 Hammersmith And Fulham PCT 199.41 
			 Haringey Teaching PCT 234.67 
			 Harrow PCT 146.70 
			 Havering PCT 117.65 
			 Hillingdon PCT 109.64 
			 Hounslow PCT 127.23 
			 Islington PCT 362,69 
			 Kensington and Chelsea PCT 195.77 
			 Kingston PCT 131.36 
			 Lambeth PCT 337.45 
			 Lewisham PCT 266.03 
			 Newham PCT 177.19 
			 Redbridge PCT 161.57 
			 Richmond And Twickenham PCT 135.74 
			 Southwark PCT 262.66 
			 Sutton and Merton PCT 118.83 
			 Tower Hamlets PCT 191.96 
			 Waltham Forest PCT 170.25 
			 Wandsworth PCT 180.20 
			 Westminster PCT 247.89 
			 London 181.35 
			  Notes: 1. The information relates to expenditure of PCTs on the commissioning of secondary mental illness services from both NHS trusts and non-NHS providers. 2. Some PCTs may have local arrangements in respect of commissioning. PCTs may have an arrangement whereby the commissioning of healthcare expenditure in the area is by one PCT only.  Sources: 1. Audited summarisation schedules of primary care trusts in the London area 2005-06 2. Office of National Statistics unweighted population figures.

Midwives: Manpower

Brian Jenkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many midwifery vacancies there are in  (a) Staffordshire,  (b) the West Midlands and  (c) England.

Rosie Winterton: The number of three months vacancies and three month vacancy rates for midwives in Staffordshire, West Midlands and England are shown in the following table.
	
		
			  March 2006 
			   Three month vacancy rate (percentage)  Three month vacancy number 
			 England 1.0 185 
			 West Midlands Strategic Health Authority (SHA) area 0.2 4 
			  of which:   
			 Shropshire and Staffordshire 0.5 3 
			  of which:   
			 Burton Hospitals National Health Service Trust 2.7 3 
			 Mid Staffordshire General Hospitals NHS Trust 0.0 0 
			 North Staffordshire Hospital NHS Trust 0.0 0 
			 Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals NHS Trust 0.0 0 
			  Notes: 1. Three month vacancy information is as at 31 March 2006. 2. Three month vacancies are vacancies which trusts are actively trying to fill, which had lasted for three months or more (full-time equivalents). 3. Three month vacancy rates are three month vacancies expressed as a percentage of three month vacancies plus full-time equivalent staff in post. 4. Three month vacancy rates are calculated using full-time equivalent staff in post from the non-medical work force census, September 2004. 5. Percentages are rounded to one decimal place. 6. Figures are for the old Shropshire and Staffordshire SHA (Q26) area. Only those organisations which employ midwives are listed.  Source: March 2006 non medical NHS vacancy survey

National Blood Service

Andrew Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress has been made in modernising the National Blood Service estate and facilities; and if she will make a statement.

Caroline Flint: Significant parts of the current National Blood Service (NBS) infrastructure are not adequate for modern processing and testing requirements. The NBS plans to modernise its estate by investing in three blood processing and testing facilities. These will be located in Filton in Bristol, Manchester and Colindale. This configuration provides a good geographical spread of activity, maximising productivity, while maintaining adequate contingency and flexibility.
	This will not impact on the local availability of products and services to patients. The NBS will maintain a network of local blood banks to ensure hospitals and patients continue to get the blood and blood components they need.
	The centre in Filton will be a new building and is currently being constructed, on schedule and to budget. It is expected to be fully operational in March 2009. An outline business case is being prepared for the development of the Colindale and Manchester centres. It is planned that the development of these centres will be completed by March 2010.
	In addition, the NBS built a new centre in Liverpool, which is the focus of NBS tissue services .and came into operation in 2005.

NHS Finance

Philip Hollobone: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the cost of  (a) managerial salaries,  (b) nursing salaries,  (c) maternity leave payments and  (d) pension contributions in the NHS was in the last financial year for which figures are available.

Rosie Winterton: Figures for the year 2005-06, which is the latest year for which information is available are shown as follows.
	
		
			  Total expenditure (England) 2005-06 
			   To nearest (£) million 
			  Managerial:  
			 Total staff costs of senior managers and managers 2,214 
			   
			  Nursing:  
			 Total staff costs of nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff 11,522 
			 Maternity leave (1)— 
			 Pension contributions (2)2,875 
			 (1 )Payment figures are not held by the Department. (2 )All employees; employer contributions and other pension costs.  Note: Figures for NHS foundation trusts are not included.  Sources: Annual financial returns of strategic health authorities (SHA's), primary care trusts, and national health service trusts 2005-06 Audited strategic health authority summarisation forms 2005-06 Audited primary care trust and NHS trust summarisation schedules 2005-06

NHS: Air Pollution

David Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much has been paid by NHS trusts in England to authorised verification companies in relation to the Carbon Credits Scheme in the last12 months.

Caroline Flint: The information requested is not collected centrally.

NHS: National Clinical Directors

Andrew Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the answer of 29 January 2007,  Official Report, column 61W, on the National Director for Heart Disease and Stroke, for what reasons the National Clinical Directors were asked by her to produce reports; and what estimate she has made of the cost of producing each report.

Rosie Winterton: The national health service continues to respond to advances in medical technology and the rising expectations of patients. Improvements to services are wide ranging. Clinicians tell us that specialist care needs to be concentrated in centres of excellence. For example, specialist cancer surgery is now undertaken in cancer centres and a selection of hospitals have teams who can use angioplasty to unblock coronary arteries in patients suffering heart attack. The public also tell us that they want more services closer to their homes, where this is appropriate and safe. GPs are responding by providing a far wider range of treatments and services?including check ups which previously were often done in hospital outpatient appointments. The reports from the National Clinical Directors are their personal accounts as national clinical leaders of the reasons why services need to change.
	The reports are also in response to requests from the NHS for advice on the national policy context?against which local services can be improved.
	The printing and publication costs of the six reports which have been issued is an average of £2,762.

Surgery

Andrew Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health 
	(1)  how many bariatric surgical interventions were undertaken by the NHS in each year since 1997-98;
	(2)  how many liposuction procedures were undertaken by the NHS in each year since 1997-98.

Caroline Flint: The table sets out the count of all primary and secondary procedure fields for bariatric surgical interventions in national health service hospitals from 1997 to 2006.
	
		
			  Count of all primary and secondary procedure fields for bariatric surgical interventions*, data for years 1997-98 to 2005-06 in NHS hospitals, England 
			   Count of finished consultant episodes* (with 'obesity' as primary diagnosis)  Count of finished consultant episodes (without 'obesity' as primary diagnosis) 
			 2005-06 960 4,422 
			 2004-05 713 4,165 
			 2003-04 473 4,113 
			 2002-03 342 4,196 
			 2001-02 271 4,349 
			 2000-01 260 4,704 
			 1999-2000 200 5,014 
			 1998-99 187 5,120 
			 1997-98 150 5,279 
		
	
	The table sets out the count of all primary and secondary procedure fields for liposuction procedures in NHS Hospitals from 1997 to 2006.
	
		
			  Count of all primary and secondary procedure fields for liposuction procedures*, data for years 1997-98 to 2005-06 in NHS hospitals, England 
			   Count of finished consultant episodes* (with 'obesity' as primary diagnosis)  Count of finished consultant episodes (without 'obesity' as primary diagnosis) 
			 2005-06 6 2,052 
			 2004-05 6 1,503 
			 2003-04 8 1,378 
			 2002-03 6 1,168 
			 2001-02 4 916 
			 2000-01 4 851 
			 1999-2000 2 768 
			 1998-99 8 898 
			 1997-98 1 819 
			  Sources: 1. Hospital Episode Statistics (HES). 2. The Information Centre for Health and social care.